A-Pix (producers of MALICIOUS) has become a recent favorite around the ER Bunkhouse, largely due to their use of "not-ready-for-theatrical-release-players" like Corey Feldman (see VOODOO) and the malicious, nutritious Molly Ringwald. By the way, Molly had her own show on ABC a few seasons back. Amazingly, it lasted longer than Corey's CBS series from the previous season. (Most folks are now scratching their heads...yes, Feldman co-starred in a CBS series in the fall of 1995. It had something to do with a computer company, starred the big-boobed redhead that was on 'Wings,' and it was called 'Nerds,' or something like that. Wonder why it didn't last...?)

To summarize, MALICIOUS is as cookie-cutter a FATAL ATTRACTION rip-off as you're gonna find (weren't they the rage six years ago?). Nameless Male Star is a college baseball player and pre-med student -- just so we know he's NOT a dumb jock -- whose galpal won't put out for the BMOC. Too bad, 'cause slutty, kooky, badly-couiffed Molly R is more than willing.

See, MR is a med student at the same school, and she's got a thing for baseball players because of her father. (Sorry, that's all the explanation I could deduce.) So, she seduces Baseball Boy and starts injecting herself into his dull little life. We even get the tired old "throw yourself down the steps and blame the horny but innocent guy" routine. Oh, and this all takes place while he's being scouted by the San Francisco Giants.

If the "twists" weren't insulting enough (Hey, think the cat'll wind up dead? Might Mom's prescription be spiked by our escapee from the Brat Pack?), the flick's "Six Months Later" denouement has all the earmarks of something written on bad weed.

But enough about the ripped-off plot, hackneyed acting and tv-movie directing. The big news is that Molly exposes her rack -- too bad it's 1996, not '86. I don't get a special feeling from seeing the aging BREAKFAST CLUB princess in all her topless glory.