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The Alphabet Killer
(2008)
 
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Director:
Rob Schmidt |
COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Thriller |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
The
Alphabet Killer |
RUNNING
TIME
100
minutes |
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Producer:
Tom Malloy
Isen Robbins
Aimee Schoof
Russell Terlecki |
Screenwriter:
Tom Malloy |
Review
Actor/producer Eliza Dushku impresses with a very human performance as a
talented homicide detective with her own inner demons, but as a whole,
this overly genre-bound psycho-killer film is marred by some very
lacklustre writing and an unattractive grainy look. The fact that the
plot is easily predictable is not half as annoying as the fact that it
for some reason seems completely enigmatic to the police force. I
suppose that this was the level screenwriter Tom Malloy had to place them on
in order for the heroine to come off as clever enough. The only really
interesting aspect of The Alphabet Killer is the Dushkus
character's mental illness, which is portrayed and handled sensibly.
Unfortunately, director Rob Schmidt (Wrong
Turn) isn't able to complement this by giving the
narrative any sort of drive or nerve. Timothy Hutton phones in his
stupid part, and adds some overacting towards the end for good measure.
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