If there were still shops around where one could rent or buy videos or DVDs, this is the sort of movie you'd expect to see in the straight-to-retail bargain bin.

It's a functional piece of exploitation - an efficient little crime-porn snuff-thriller potboiler. It's like a fast-food meal that makes you think, "Okay, that wasn't good for me, but I got what I paid for."

Midnight in the Switchgrass is the type of crime thriller that's so full of cliches that it becomes one big cliche itself.

Amid the sea of crime movie cliches and bland dialogue are a number of performances that are as unconvincing as the story itself.