In Broad Daylight 2019

     This movie is based on the true story of Bethany Arceneaux, a 29-year-old Louisiana woman and her boyfriend Scott Thomas.  The names have been changed for movie.  Jordan Boudreaux meets Steve and they fall in love.  Jordan having a baby and Steve tells her that she can quit her job to stay home with the baby.  They are a family now and he wants the best for Jordan and his son.  Things are going very well until Steve wants Jordan and the baby to stay at home with him.  All she wants to do is go to her mother’s home and spend time with her relatives.  Steve says he doesn’t want to go and she doesn’t need to go there either?  When Steve starts to hurt Jordan, she secretly rents an apartment, gets her job back and files a restraining order with the police.  She asks her cousin Malik to live in the apartment with her for more safety and security.  Malik also helps her with the turnaround with their son and his visits with Steve.  Everything is going smoothly for a while.

     Jordan stops by Steve’s house to pickup their son instead of Malik handling this.  When she drives away from the home, Steve is following her in his car.  He is dangerously close to her car and he’s driving erratically.  Jordan stops at a store where people are outside.  She tries the get their son from his car seat but Steve grabs her and throws her into his car!!  A woman takes the baby into the store and the police are called.  Jordan’s family is very worried about what will happen to Jordan.  There is a LOT of tension because you don’t know if the police will be able to locate Jordan.  What is Steve going to do with and to her?  The family begins their own search for her too.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

TV Movie, 120 minutes, Crime directed by Kenn Mitchael, written by Scott Mullen with Michael Arnold, Tamara Austin, Tameka Bob, Demetrius Bradley, Darren Cain, Chip Carriere, Tasha Cash, Kendrick Cross, Rhonda Johnson Dents, Lauren Ewell, Curtis Hamilton, Kaya Hampton, Annie Jacob, Chyna Layne, Norise Louis.

Note:  Imdb 6.2 out of 10 (I could not locate other reviews.)

Special Note:  There is a book by the same title written by Harry N. MacClean and also another movie with the same title based on the book.  This story was also inspired by a true story.  It is about Len Rowan and he terrorizes the residents of a small town for years.  He has a history of violence and intimidation plus he has always remained one step ahead of the law.  Brian Dennehy is Len Rowan and Marcia Gay Harden is his wife, Adina Rowan.  Cloris Leachman is Ruth Westerman and John Anderson is her husband Wes Anderson.