Directed by Uli Lommel
Synopsis:A movie allegedly based on the actions of Dennis Rader, the Bind-Torture- Kill serial killer who terrorized
O.k., some of you may know that I have ranted in this blog before about movies that draw us in by promises that they are "based on true events" or tell the "true story" fo some actual event. So, you already know I have a problem with that, especially when the facts changed/made up are easily found out and not in dispute. I don't even like it when the movies are actually good (ex. Cinderella Man, From Hell, JFK) When the movie is horrible, as this travesty is, and it deals with such a horrific set of circumstances with the families of victims and others still alive, its just wrong.
Actually, calling this a "movie" is a little bit like calling the guy who planned your neighborhood block party a "statesman ". Its way, way, overstating the case. Actually, that analogy is grossly unfair to the the nice guy around the block who probably had the idea for the block party.
This film isn't just bad when compared to bad real movies, in the way of Mars Attacks or Leonard Part 6, this trash is bad compared with almost anything else you have ever seen on film, including your grandpa's old home movies and your 9 year old daughter's school play. Actually, its not even close to being that good.
What's worse than the horrible editing, bad acting, and ridiculous script, is the fact that the film simply made up things that had nothing to do with the real, disgusting Dennis Rader, such as the incomprehensible use of animal mutilation, but also used the names of real victims...its such a brazen attempt to profit off of the misery of others, and assumning that our morbid fascination with evil knows no limits or requires no semblance of real art.
O.k., I need to get down off of my soapbox, I've already wasted way more type on this piece of garbage than its worth.
The producers, director, and any store that carries this filth should be ashamed.
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