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Carla Gugino in "Hide"Shot in New Orleans by Stephanie Germain Prods. Executive producer, Germain producer, Christopher Morgan director, John Gray author, Jesse Brownell using the novel by Lisa Gardner.Detective D.D. Warren - Carla Gugino Det. Bobby Dodge - Kevin Alejandro Alex Wilson - Mark-Paul Gosselaar Annabelle - Bridget ReganTNT's "Mystery Movie Evening" is obviously a throwback for the times of old of TV movies, but perform projects really should be plucked from a period of time machine? Enter "Hide," a harsh, nasty and almost comically overheated potboiler, featuring Carla Gugino just like a Boston detective considering the mummified remains of six youthful women. It's a mystery, it's a workplace romantic triangular, it's two taste treats in one. While it's nice to find out made-fors developing a small-comeback, it won't last extended if they're as dunderheaded as that certain. The physiques are situated inside an abandoned mental hospital, and D.D. Warren (Gugino) and fellow detective Bobby Ridge (Kevin Alejandro) are quickly round the situation. Indeed, and they're also sleeping together, however with no commitment because, as D.D. describes, "I am for one another. Using this. In what I really do.Inch Getting not read Lisa Gardner's novel, let's assume author Jesse Brownell tried to become faithful for the tone, nevertheless it completely flummoxed her and director John Gray, who've concocted a movie filled with stilted dialogue and improbable twists and turns. Most of them concentrate on a mysterious lady named Annabelle (Bridget Regan) getting a vague past who becomes part of the situation, together with a possible target for your shadowy killer. D.D. also builds up a completely new investigator, Alex (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), who rapidly feels at liberty to psychoanalyze her relationship with Bobby when he isn't helping seek clues. If their banter ought to be sexy, the particular mystery is why she doesn't mace him the first time the bozo starts insinuating themselves into her mind. All of this evolves toward a breathless climax absurd even with the conventions in the thriller genre. It's almost worth watching returning a quarter-hour just for giggles. Although Gugino remains good in several things, it's tough to determine which she's trying to share using this role, playing a most most likely hard-bitten detective as if she's a kittenish Jessica Rabbit. However, that's probably over-thinking things, that's something nobody will accuse the filmmakers to complete. Many doubtless harbor fond recollections in the "Mystery Movie" wheel, and TNT -- having its choice of mostly meat-and-taters series -- warrants kudos for trying to bring back that nostalgic franchise for just about any new generation. Something such as "Hide," though, is not any approach to jump-start the genre -- unless of course obviously the goal is always to try hiding in plain sight.Camera, James Chressanthis production designer, Jaymes Hinkle editor, Neil Mandelberg music, Michael A. Levine casting, Cami Patton. 120 MIN.With: Jay Carnes Contact John Lowry at john.lowry@variety.com