The Pretender 2001 (2001) (TV)

Director:

Frederick King Keller

Writers (WGA):

Steven Long Mitchell (written by) &
Craig W. Van Sickle (written by)

Release Date:

22 January 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

He is a master of disguise. She is a master of the hunt. Let the chase begin.

Plot:

Jarod reunites with two old friends and unleashes some powerful Centre revelations. Also Jarod and Miss Parker learn more about their pasts. |

Plot Keywords:

Boy Genius | Child Abuse | Lost Identity | Child Genius | Secret Society

Cast

Michael T. Weiss	...	Jarod
Andrea Parker	...	Miss Parker / Catherine Parker
Patrick Bauchau	...	Sydney
Jon Gries	...	Broots
Harve Presnell	...	Mr. Parker
Richard Marcus	...	William Raines
James Denton	...	Mr. Lyle (as Jamie Denton)
Tyler Christopher	...	Ethan
Peter Outerbridge	...	Alex
Cynthia Dale	...	Agent Zane
Derwin Jordan	...	NSA Agent
Yannick Bisson	...	NSA Agent Edward Ballinger
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
May Charters	...	News Reporter
Paul Dillon	...	Angelo
Chris Khalil
Mike Massa	...	Forest Ranger
Anthony Poser	...	Alka Seltzer Man

Also Known As:

The Pretender (New Zealand: English title)
The Pretender: 2001 (USA) (alternative spelling)
Kameleontti (Finland) [fi]
Le caméléon: Caméléon contre caméléon (France) [fr]
Pretender - Nichts scheint wie es ist (Germany) [de]

Runtime:

Netherlands:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:12 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Trivia:

There were four Pretenders movies planned, but because of bad ratings only two were produced.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ms. Parker finds her mother's ring in the safe, she puts it on her right ring finger. Later, when she is shown with her hands on the fallen beam the ring is on her left ring finger and she has a ring on her right fore finger. This is either a continuity error, or the film frame has been reversed.

Quotes:

Alex: I'm not a psychopath. I'm a sociopath. There's a difference. See, a psychopath is insane. He can't distinguish between wrong and right. A sociopath knows the difference. He just doesn't have a conscience, you know? So he doesn't care.

Movie Connections:

Follows "The Pretender" (1996)

Enticing tidbit: grabs the fans despite flaws.

This movie was impressive in that it successfully continued the Pretender story and captured interest for future movies. The acting was fairly good, especially that of Jon Gries (Broots) and Andrea Parker. Some things didn't work so well: Alex's fall into the river did not seem at all convincing. I think that with the longer time the crew had to film it could have been done better; it doesn't impress me as much as some of the episodes.