No Man of God (2021)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Bill Hagmaier	Elijah Wood
Ted Bundy	Luke Kirby	½
Carolyn Lieberman	Aleksa Palladino	-
Roger Depue	Robert Patrick	-
Warden Wilkenson	W. Earl Brown	-

Review

After the influx of films and series about serial killer Ted Bundy in recent years, most notably Joe Berlinger's documentary Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes and biopic Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, yet another entry in what now can soon be coined a sub-genre of its own may seem unnecessary to some and outright offensive to others. For this reason, and for its specific, abridged nature, No Man of God must be considered a film for the especially interested. Having established that, the picture works well within its own framework and is a true tour-de-force in acting by Elijah Wood as FBI agent Bill Hagmaier and particularly Luke Kirby as Bundy. Kirby not only nails Bundy's mannerisms and charisma to perfection without making the performance mimicry, but he also gives him the humanity which the film proposes the state would have been better off exploring and analyzing more in depth. For this and its attention to detail, No Man of God is a highly watchable, laudable effort.