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This chilling drama cautions parents about the potential dangers of letting children have unsupervised access to the Internet. The story centers on a troubled, emotionally isolated teenaged girl who turns to the Net chat-rooms for the solace and companionship she needs. It does not take long for an unscrupulous user to find her and to start a virtual love affair that results in her visiting his apartment. Suddenly mister nice-guy turns into a creep and takes her hostage, leaving her computer-illiterate mother (Cheryl Ladd) to somehow navigate the complexities of the worldwide web in a desperate search for the kidnapper's identity and location. Fortunately, the police and an expert hacker are beside her.