Space Reserved
Low budget erotic vengeance thriller: one room, four characters, no escape. Young ad exec driving his date home takes a space reserved for another unit and is taken captive by two women.
Through voiceovers and flashbacks, we discover Scott is the brash creative director at an ad agency. Feeling pumped after a successful pitch, he had taken pretty client rep ANNE GUSTAFSON out to dinner. Searching for parking afterwards at her condo, he pulls into somebody else's reserved space.
After having sex in Anne's flat. Scott awakens at 3 a.m. and sneaks out.
But in the parking garage, he finds his tires deflated and a nasty note. His phone is drained, he has no pump. he decides to confront the owner of the space and use their phone.
At his persistent knocking, the door falls open a crack. He spots a phone on the coffee table and sneaks in.
Suddenly, the lights go on. Young ALLISON VANDERVEER appears, pleading for her life. As Scott turns to run, her roommate JASMINE wakes up and admits deflating his tires.
But now they won't let him go: "citizens arrest." they pull a gun and make him empty his wallet.
When Scott makes a break for the door, the gun turns out to be unloaded. Jasmine clubs him with a lamp. They gag and tie him to the bed.
They accuse him of being the ringleader in a cruel incident that ruined a life. Now he must pay. He doesn't know what they're talking about (or says he doesn't).
Alliances emerge and boundaries blur. Jasmine is nicer to Scott than Allison, an angry Borderline personality.
Scott learns that people at work think he is on holiday. On the outside, he seems poised and likeable -- but something is amiss.
When his date, Anne, appears, Scott thinks he is saved. But she is the mastermind of his captivity.
After they get stoned and drunk, Anne reminds Scott of an incident in 6th grade when he and his friends had lured 'Terri' --- a pretty girl, to a remote area of the schoolground and taken her hostage. Anne now says she was "Terri."
Scott insists it was just a harmless prank;. But he finally admits the boys had tormented Terri mercilessly. A couple may have raped her. After they grow tired of the torture, they swear they will kill her family if she tells.
Terri keeps the secret. Time passes, and her family moves away. The boys go on to excel in high school and sports, attend good colleges, etc.
But Terri/Anne reveals her life was shattered. She became self-destructive and suicidal, living on the streets, turning tricks for dope. She met Allison and Jasmine in a mental hospital and Jasmine helped her recover into a stylish professional, change her name and find a good job. But when she learns that Scott was the big shot creative director of the ad agency for her company, they plot revenge.
Now Scott wonders: is he really a monster? Are they going to kill him? He makes several attempts to escape, being recaptured and re-injured. The growing attraction between him and Jasmine is also a cause of conflictJasmine has a weak spot for "bad boys."
Finally, Scott reconnects with his dark side to survive He uses all his charm to manipulate Jasmine into lovemaking and begins to choke her unconscious. But she grabs a syringe and injects him. All goes black.
Scott awakens in his car in the reserved space, cleaned up and neatly dressed. He is free. As he starts the car, he begins to cry. TIME PASSING Deep night, Scott stands in front of a door in a different complex. He sneaks through. In the darkened apartment, Jasmine emerges, terrified. "Wh... what are you doing here?" Scott: "Whatever I damn want." She laughs. "What kept you?" "Stuck in a meeting," Scott replies."We've got a long night ahead." "Do we ever," says Jasmine. He doesn't see Allison and Anne enter behind her. The nightmare is beginning all over again.
Christina Ricci
a young Marisa Tomei
Changing Lanes
Phone Booth
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