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Billion Dollar Bluff

When a popular influencer named Sasha Joy (Bukola Ayoka) is kidnapped by two criminals -- Elyse (Nicolette Pearse) and Quinn (Craig Arnold), she becomes a big story when it turns out that she's helping the very people who took her -- Stockholm Syndrome is real -- to steal money from some hige mansions. But is she doing it of her own free will? Or is she now an influencer thief? Directed by Stefan Brogren (A Chance for Christmas) and written by Andrea Shawcross, this lets us know early on that Sasha really is taking all of her fancy dresses and makeup from June Bentley rich woman who her her mother Trina works for as a maid. She uses her status online to get invited to an opening for model/actress Chloe Clifton (Eden Cupid), which gets her kidnapped by Quinn (Craig Arnold), Elyse (Nicolette Pearse) and Nathan (Oren Williamson) and used online to get money for their robberies and scams. Have you ever noticed how many Tubi Originals use the narrative structure that starts with a moment at the point of seemingly no return just before the end of the movie and then rewinds to show the viewer how the characters got there? I think nearly every single one starts like this and I've come to expect it.