Early in "Sinking Sand," the protagonist Brooke McHenry asks the question, "How do people get themselves into all that trouble?" By the end of the film, she is able to answer that question, based on her own experience.
Brooke is the wife of a powerful prosecuting attorney, Daniel McHenry, who is making a campaign run for the Senate. At a time when the workaholic husband is ignoring his wife, Brooke has brief flirtation with a man named Tyler, a smooth operator who has "targeted" Brooke for blackmail.
Nothing much happens between Tyler and Brooke other than a few glasses of wine and a kiss on the cheek. But Tyler secretly records their conversations, then edits the material to be damaging to Brooke. He then issues a blackmail threat and Brooke conks him over the head with a piece of driftwood and destroys the recordings.
The film has a low-budget look to it with a minimalist design and a small cast. Some of the special effects resembled films in the 1950s with obvious ocean backdrops superimposed in a studio shoot with fans running to create the effect of hair billowing in the wind. The character of Brooke's sister Evie was also problematic. In one scene, it appeared that Evie was on intimate terms with Tyler and might have even set her sister up for the blackmail plot.
The best part of the film is the homestretch with a wild trial scene and a nifty plot twist. In addition to all of her travails, Brooke is also pregnant, and we watch a nearly full gestation period evolve in the course of the film. "Sinking Sand" was not a great film, but it is worth a look for the grand finale with the courtroom pyrotechnics, which should appeal to fans of the Lifetime Channel.
Sinking Sand
2016
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Sinking Sand
2016
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
6.0Plot summary
This suspense/drama follows Brooke McHenry as she attempts to make her life calm and consistent. She loves her husband but she feels lonely and left out as he is not only is busy Prosecuting Attorney but he is also running for the Senate. These feelings make it easier for her to fall for a handsome swindler who shows her the attention she is missing. Brooke never lets the relationship get physical, she knows better. However, one night it almost does so she breaks it off. It is then she learns that the man has an ulterior motive, to record their conversations and use them to blackmail her husband. Fear that he could ruin her husband, her marriage and her life she attempts to destroy the recordings. With quick movements, she strikes out at the recording device hitting the blackmailer as well with a blunt object. He lies motionless. When Brooke discovers her husband is prosecuting another woman for the crime, she becomes frantic. She cannot tell her husband or those fears will come to life. The choice she makes is to anonymously help the defense obtain a 'not guilty' verdict. She will do anything, take any risk but she will not tell the truth. As the trial moves through its stages, she slowly comes to the realization she will have to confess. Sitting in the witness seat, she can see the damage of her actions. In the midst of courtroom clamor, she confesses. However, just as the court is getting over the shock of the outburst the defendant rises to proclaim her actual guilt for the murder of the blackmailer. Brooke and her husband reconcile and realize they had not been listening to each other or God. They know they have a mess to clean up but resolve to do it together, God's way.
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