As a kid, I thought having a twin would be cool. As an adult ... not so much. Maybe I've watched too many Lifetime movies about terrible twins. There was the recent "Bad Twin" and equally awesome "Killing Mommy." These's also "The Good Sister" and numerous other double trouble thrillers. Recently, Lifetime premiered the aptly titled "The Twin," a solid entry in the good twin-bad twin thriller genre.
The plot focuses on the very sane and sweet Tyler (Timothy Granaderos), who is the all-American kid. His identical twin bro is stuck in a psych ward resisting treatment and pretty much being a jerk. Tyler begins a whirlwind relationship with Jocelyn (Jess Gabor) and endears himself to her gorgeous mom (Brigid Brannagh) and their neighbor Jeke (Louis Mandylor).
Unfortunately, he is sympathetic to his nutcase double and visits him frequently at the hospital. You can guess where this is going, right? Tyler visit bad twin Derek, who pulls a switcheroo. Tyler is stuck in the hospital while Derek comes home to a gorgeous girlfriend and a great life. For some reason hospital administrators, including Dr. Rubin (the awesome Mark Lindsay Chapman), don't see any reason to do a DNA test or physical examination to determine the truth. I guess the movie would end pretty quickly if they did. Adding to Tyler's woes are the boorish nurses who seem to have graduated from the Nurse Ratched School of Nursing.
Granaderos runs the show in this movie. He is very effective in balancing the nice Tyler with the psycho Derek. Jess Gabor does a fine job as the clean teen who is in love with Tyler ... and begins to fear the fake Tyler's weird behavior.
Directors Mark Derin and Fred Olen Ray (the legend!) do a great job of balancing suspense with action; and veteran co-stars Brannagh and Mandylor are as dependable as always.
"The Twin" airs again at 9 p.m. (CST), April 6 and 1 a.m. on Lifetime Movie Network and is worth watching. Two great performances from Timothy Granaderos is certainly better than one!
"The Twin": Directed by Fred Olen Ray, Mark Derin; Starring Timothy Granoderos as Tyler and Derek, Jess Gaor as Jocelyn, Brigid Brannagh as Ashley, Louis Mandylor as Jeke, Mark Lindsay Chapman as Dr. Rubin
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