seriously what be they think . over the course of year the columbo series have try out some new thing and divert away from the usual successful formula but this movie really overdo it . this movie be basically very different from any other columbo movie but the difference be not for the good of the movie . main thing that of course make this movie different from any other columbo movie be the fact that there be no murder be commit . the entire premise of this movie be totally different and it place the columbo character in a totally different environment and situation . also the overall be just totally different and more amodernized . director alan j. levi do some other columbo movie in the past and which all very much stick to the usual formula . it also make it an odd choice that he get pick to direct this movie . the columbo character himself also feel quite different and perhaps because of the reason that he get place in a totally different environment and situation and when he help out his nephew after his bride disappear right after the wedding . the absence of some good relieving and trademark columbo humor also doesn not exactly make this a good or enjoyable watch . in all honesty and the movie doesn not begin too bad but the movie start to become more and more ridicule with it story a it progress . it such a stupid write kidnap thriller with a story that start to become more and more unlikely . it also make the movie more and more unwatchable . this be a very little interesting columbo entry that also really doesn not know to entertain it viewer in any way . it also doesn not help much that the support actor aren not the most talented one around . despite the fact that his character be put in such a totally different situation and the movie be shoot in such a completely different style and peter falk still hold up well and his presence still somewhat save this movie . can you just image how this movie would have be without him . it would have be an extremely bad and ridicule cheap movie i can tell you . an odd columbo entry and which could be describe a a failed experiment to divert from the usual formula . 4/10 .