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SWIMFAN

20th Century Fox Pictures

Swimfan star Jesse Bradford did much of his own swimming for this film but admitted that his coach could definitely beat him bigtime in a race. While shooting the thriller, Jesse and hot co-stars Shiri Appleby and Erika Christensen spent some fun evenings in New York dancing and singing karaoke. Not your average warm and fuzzy trio out on the town; a guy, his best girl and his femme stalker!

Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford) has it all. He's a high school senior with great girlfriend Amy (Shiri Appleby) and a swim team scholarship to Stanford almost a sure thing. When hot number Madison (Erika Christensen) moves to town and zeroes in on the swim champ, he's over his head in very deep and dark water.

Madison comes on to Ben and he complies….once and tries to move on. Once isn't enough for Madison who starts stalking him, ruining his scholarship chances and threatening Amy. It's all a crash dive from there as mad Madison targets her man and Ben fights back.

Swimfan has been called a younger, wetter version of the old film Fatal Attraction. It's even co-produced by Michael Douglas, "Attraction's" star. Some of the moves in the story are pretty predictable and formula. None-the-less, as Madison, Erika gives it her all as a disturbed beauty obsessed with the target of her affections and Jesse and Shiri are a perfect cute couple. As Madison's mentally-challenged cousin, Dante, James DeBello is especially good.

Photography is appropriately spooky, employing a film process that desaturates the colors making some scenes look otherworldly. Dark scenes around the pool are especially effective. Underwater stuff is first rate as well.

There are a few illogical plot moves. At one point Madison tries to run Amy down in Ben's car as an attempt to blame Amy's resultant death on him. The fact that he would have absolutely no motivation to kill Amy is ignored. Watching Erika pull her moves on Jesse is just enough fun to make us not care about the flaws.

This is a great date film. Guys will understand how a dude can have everything and still risk losing it when a hot, flirty girl just won't leave him alone. Girls will feel empathy for the wronged girlfriend and everyone will get a kick wondering what teen femme fatale Madison will try next and how will Ben ever get rid of her. It's refreshing to see somebody besides Jason, Freddie Kruger or that fisherman with the hook stalk prey in a teen thriller.

Official website: www.swimfanmovie.com

RATED: PG-13