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Orphan: First Kill

- There's always been something wrong with Esther.

After escaping from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Leena Klammer travels to America by impersonating Esther, the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But when her mask starts to slip, she is put against a mother who will protect her family from the murderous “child” at any cost.

Release Date : 2022-07-27

Language :EnglishEstonian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Dark Castle EntertainmentEntertainment OneEagle Vision

Production Country : CanadaUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : EstherOrphan 2

Cast

Character Name : Leena Klammer / Esther Albright

Original Name : Isabelle Fuhrman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tricia Albright

Original Name : Julia Stiles

Gender : Female

Character Name : Allen Albright

Original Name : Rossif Sutherland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Donnan

Original Name : Hiro Kanagawa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gunnar Albright

Original Name : Matthew Finlan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Segar

Original Name : Samantha Walkes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Novotny

Original Name : David Lawrence Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Leahy

Original Name : Lauren Cochrane

Gender : Female

Character Name : Anna Troyev

Original Name : Gwendolyn Collins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Federica

Original Name : Kristen Sawatzky

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lobby Guard

Original Name : Jeff Strome

Gender : Male

Character Name : Betsy

Original Name : Andrea del Campo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mike

Original Name : Alec Carlos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Karen

Original Name : Alicia Johnston

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dude 1

Original Name : Liam Stewart-Kanigan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl 1 / Madison

Original Name : Jade Michael

Gender : Female

Character Name : Receptionist / Claire

Original Name : Sarah Luby

Gender : Female

Character Name : Little Boy

Original Name : Maxwell Nelson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Kusnetsov

Original Name : Bradley Sawatzky

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flight Attendant

Original Name : Stephanie Sy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Society 1 / Olive

Original Name : Marina Stephenson Kerr

Gender : Female

Character Name : Society 2 / Gertrude

Original Name : Sharon Bajer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Esther Body Double

Original Name : Kennedy Irwin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Esther Body Double

Original Name : Sadie Lee

Gender : Female

Character Name : Orderly

Original Name : Erik Athavale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laughing Partier #1

Original Name : Parker Bohotchuk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laughing Partier #2

Original Name : Maxine Sanders

Gender : Female

Character Name : Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : Adam Hurtig

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Esther (uncredited)

Original Name : Morgan Easton-Fitzgerald

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-08-29

"Esther" (Isabelle Fuhrman) is the resident of an high security facility in Estonia where she is a distinct danger to anyone who crosses her path! Rather gorily, she engineers a daring escape and somehow manages to get to the United States where she convinces "Allen" (Rossif Sutherland) that she is his long lost daughter. Well whilst dad might be fooled, the wife "Tricia" (Julia Stiles) and her son "Gunnar" (Matthew Finlan) soon catch on - but it seems that they have secrets of their own to keep. Can an uneasy truce prevail between them? Well, no - of course not but frankly I really couldn't have cared less. She is all too readily accepted into the wealthy American family (no DNA tests with her father to verify?) and as the story plods along, it loses any grasp on plausibility. We are required to believe that "Esther" is this epitome of evil, but the plot has more holes than a Swiss cheese so I kept asking myself just how any of this could ever actually happen - even in cinema land. It does have the benefit of being quite short, and to be fair to director William Brent Bell, he doesn't hang around once what passes for the story gets going. I just found the whole thing too nonsensical and the lead character had more of a petulance to her than any believable sense of menace.