Friday, October 19, 2018

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014): Christina Ricci


     Directed by Nick Gomez, Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014) was a made for TV movie that premiered on the Lifetime Network. The film takes a look at Lizzie Borden, a young woman tried and acquitted of brutally murdering her father and stepmother with a hatchet in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892. The period detail is good, but the overall feeling is ruined due to the annoying tendency of the director to insert out-of-place modern Rock music into the historical film. Christina Ricci delivers a fine performance as Lizzie Borden. The supporting cast is good as well, including Clea DuVall and Billy Campbell.

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014: Christina Ricci

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014: Christina Ricci

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014: Christina Ricci

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014: Christina Ricci

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014: Christina Ricci

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014: Christina Ricci

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014: Christina Ricci

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014: Christina Ricci

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014: Christina Ricci

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014: Christina Ricci

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014: Christina Ricci

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. 2014: Christina Ricci

"Lizzie Borden Took an Ax"- movie trailer