Missing Jane? I’ve Got Your Cure Right Here
I enjoyed the first Jane Mystery Hallmark gave us back in 2023, but then they premiered the next three movies on their new streaming service, Hallmark+. Since I didn’t want to get another new streaming service (coming from the guy who has very few of them anyway), I waited until the movie made its way to one of their cable stations. That patience was finally rewarded, and I got to see A Deadly Prescription.
Once again, we find our three main characters working together to find out what really happened on a case that has supposedly been solved. This time around, a teen confessed to trying to rob a pharmacy and killing the female pharmacist/owner in the process. However, now, he’s saying that, yes, he took a gun to the pharmacy, but it was only to steal the medicine his mother needed. And he never shot anyone.
This was the last case that Jane’s uncle took on before he died. So now, Jane (Jodie Sweetin), Detective John (Stephen Huszar), and Jane’s aunt Sadie (Paris Jefferson) have to start from the beginning to figure out what really happened. Can they clear the teen? Or is he really guilty?
The mystery was intriguing, with several different things going on that pulled me in. While most of the questions got answered, I didn’t feel like one aspect was properly wrapped up. Maybe it’s something that carries over into the next movie (or the one after that). It wouldn’t be the first time Hallmark did something like that with their mystery franchises, especially if they were filmed and released close together.
But again, the main part of the mystery was satisfying, at least for me.
Maybe it’s knowing star Jodie Sweetin’s political leanings, but I did feel like this movie tries to straddle the line with some messaging on insurance/prescription issues and on police tactics. Yes, they were both definitely part of the case, so a legitimate thing to bring up. So maybe it was just me reading into something that wasn’t really there.
What I did enjoy again was the sense of fun the first movie had. Jane is a singer, so we get several chances to hear Jodie Sweetin sing. She could have had a career as a singer if she hadn’t been an actress. Since Aunt Sadie is an actress, we get to see some of her fun costumes in action as well. Those touches help set this franchise apart and make it lots of fun.
The acting is good as well. I did find some low budget cheese moments, but most of them felt like script issues rather than acting issues to me.
Overall, I was glad to see Jane back in action with A Deadly Prescription. I hope we get to see the other two movies soon on cable.
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