
Five years after Titanic 2 and two years after Sharknado, the Asylum – a company known for low-budget, quickly-made movies – released a teen adaptation of Wuthering Heights, and it’s likely even less successful than those films. The story has an interesting premise: Heath, a rebellious skater, is the son of a Mexican immigrant who has been detained and disappeared into the immigration system. Feeling responsible, the owner of the factory where Heath’s mother worked, Mr. Earnshaw (played by James Caan!), takes Heath in. There, he reconnects with Catherine, who is also an outcast after being ostracized by popular girls for a past relationship. While the film had potential – and Wuthering Heights has been successfully modernized before – it’s ultimately brought down by flat acting and overly sentimental writing. The inclusion of serious issues like deportation and teen suicide also prevents it from being dismissed as simple parody, even though it sometimes feels that way.