Although this is called the Laci Peterson story, the lady is noticeable by her absence; the film focuses entirely on her husband from the time she was reported missing up to his arrest. This controversial case needs no introduction for crime buffs. Eight months pregnant, the victim disappeared on Christmas Eve, 2002, and almost from the beginning, her husband was the prime suspect.
Dean Cain plays the lead straight, and while there is no violence nor anything graphic in the film, it might rightly be classed as obscene because it was released February 13, 2004 , nearly four months before Peterson's trial actually began. The lynch mob shown in one of the last scenes is an accurate reflection of what actually happened. The film-makers don't seem to realise they were part of that lynch mob, and while Peterson was almost certainly rightly convicted, it can only lose points due to its disgraceful presumptuousness.
Dean Cain plays the lead straight, and while there is no violence nor anything graphic in the film, it might rightly be classed as obscene because it was released February 13, 2004 , nearly four months before Peterson's trial actually began. The lynch mob shown in one of the last scenes is an accurate reflection of what actually happened. The film-makers don't seem to realise they were part of that lynch mob, and while Peterson was almost certainly rightly convicted, it can only lose points due to its disgraceful presumptuousness.