kim basinger star a della and a housewife who have twin child ( terri and tammi play by luke gair and erika shaye gair ) and an abusive jerk for a husband ( kenneth ) and play by craig sheffer . the movie open on christmas eve . kenneth be on his way home from work and drive a nice car too i might add . he be on his cellphone argue with a business partner i would assume . when he get home and he see that the floor be a mess with shoe and toy spread all about . this anger him even more and he take up with his wife and della and ask her why the house be always a mess . he pin her up against the wall . the twin watch from the stair . he punch the wall and leave a hole in it and walk away . she tend to the child and try to comfort them . after that be all say in do and she need to go to the mall to do some last minute shopping and because she be out of wrap paper . she get there and the parking lot be full because there be a lot of last minute shopper there . while she be look for a parking space and she notice a car take up two space and this irk her . she finally find a spot to park and make her way over to the hoggish car and leave a note under the wiper call the owner a selfish jerk . then she go in the mall to do her last minute shopping . when she finally do leave the mall and it be close and many people have leave already . not the owner of the car she leave the note on however and she notice this on the way to her vehicle . she also notice that the note she leave under the wiper be no longer there . odd . when she get to her vehicle and she get in to start it up . she notice a car come up behind her and it block her from back up . she get out of the car only to be confront by the owner of the car ( chuckie play by lukas haas ) she leave the note on and a posse of his thug friend . yell ensues and a mall cop ( no and not paul blart ) make his way over to them to see what the problem be and only to have his brain blow out of his head by chuckie . while this happen and della jump in her vehicle and start it and drive over the median in front of her . chuckie and his posse hop in his car and give chase . della end up crash her vehicle into a log pile at a housing development but she be unharmed . she manage to make it to the back of her vehicle and open up the hatchback and grab a toolbox before the thug get there . with that and della spend the rest of the night try to outrun and out wit the thug arm with only the tool that she have in her toolbox a weapon . the first kill and in my opinion and be the best . the first kill that della perform anyway . the last one be probably the weak and it should of be the best consider that this be the main bad guy she be off . i will admit that there will be some that be put off buy the end and i be let down a bit myself . a a whole though it be a fun flick and move along nicely at it 1 hour and 20 minute run time .