Number Rolled: 43
Movie Name/Year: The
Alphabet Killer (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Length: 98
minutes
Rating: R
Director: Rob
Schmidt
Writer: Tom
Malloy
Actors: Eliza
Dushku, Cary Elwes, Timothy Hutton, Michael Ironside, Bill Moseley, Carl
Lumbly, Brian Scannell, Larry Hankin, Jack McGee, Melissa Leo, Andrew Fiscella,
Rocco Sisto, Tom Noonan, Frank Rossi, Meltem Cumbul, Kristina Jewell, Sarah
Anderson, Shawn Michael, Bailey Garno, Peter Mancarella, Martin Donovan, Russell
Terlecki, Cholanda Roberts, Cynthia Mace, Aaron Chaney, Manny Siverio, Eva
Mancarella
Megan is a well respected investigator. When a girl is
killed, she begins looking for the murderer with the odd slaughter signature.
As she goes deeper and deeper into the investigation, Megan begins to lose herself
in odd hallucinations and manic-depression. Her entire world changes when she
attempts to kill herself. She has to fight back from a serious mental illness
while trying to hold it together enough to follow the clues left by the killer.
I have more fun at the dentist than I did watching this “thriller.”
It was beyond boring, which was upsetting because I usually love three of the
actors involved. Eliza Dushku was introduced to me in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
and I’ve found her amusing ever since. Cary Elwes was introduced to me in “The
Princess Bride” and I had a wicked crush on him for years – still kind of do.
Finally, Michael Ironside was introduced to me in “Starship Troopers,” one of
my all-time favorite “bad” movies. The combination of these actors is what led
me to add this movie to my list. Dushku managed to play her part brilliantly,
but with a horrible script and a ridiculous storyline her acting managed not to
matter much.
I feel like the writer tried to mix the psychological
thriller and horror genres. Normally, those two categories go together like
peanut butter and jelly, but this time it didn’t seem to work even a little
bit. I had to fight to keep my eyes open as the slow-paced failed thrills plodded
along.
What really sucks is that I would have forgiven all of it –
the bad story, the horrible script, the utter boredom – if they’d just pulled
out an unexpected ending. Even with a rarely used denouement plot, it managed to
find a way to be completely predictable and even agitating.
I’d rather watch paint dry.
Overall Opinion – 1/5
P.S. VERY loosely based on the Alphabet Killer. VERY
loosely.
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