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      Zodiac Killer

      R 2005 1 hr. 23 min. Mystery & Thriller Crime Drama List
      Reviews 17% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score A copycat who patterns his murders after the infamous Zodiac Killer terrorizes Los Angeles. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Ulli Lommel's Zodiac Killer (2005): 1 out of 10: Worst acting ever. No really the worst acting ever. David Hess (Last House on the Left. No the one from the seventies. Rent it, it's excellent) is the worst of this bunch (Pretty stiff competition but he is amazingly god-awful.) One would be hard pressed to find a home movie participant with such an awkward camera presence. The film screeches to a stunning painful halt when he is on the screen. Not that the film has any redeeming qualities for Mr. Hess to ruin. Filmed with a home movie camera and by the looks of things a pretty old one at that complete with an attached boom mike it creates the barest tolerable audio video experience with no post production either. Come on there has to be some shovelware a five-year-old computer could use that could clean up this picture. Throw in bizarre stock footage pictures of autopsy's as well as aircraft carrier takeoffs, and this is one visually screwed up picture. The autopsy pictures are interspersed in the way Italian cannibal films interject those god-awful real-life animal killings. And the Navy footage is supposed to be some sort of anti-war statement (Cause we know all the bloodthirsty maniacs join the Navy) What in the world is Lionsgate doing releasing this garbage? Zodiac Killer would embarrass Troma. The plot is about the Zodiac Killer (Last seen in Dirty Harry. No the one from the seventies. Rent it, It's excellent) Somebody gets shot in the stomach in LA, and the cops assume the Zodiac Killer is back? Uh-huh. What can you expect from a movie that doesn't know that DSM IV is a book, not a psychiatric disorder and where the young killer older man relationship resembles that of a congressional page and closeted congressman? Yeah, eighties haircuts and production values meet a Nambla subplot. Shoot Me now. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member The Zodiac is one of the many films made on the famous San Francisco serial killer of the same name. This film got completely overshadowed by the David Fincher movie which is vastly superior, but this isn't a bad film at all, more like just adequate. I remember seeing this and pondering why everyone- at least the critics- hated it. You can give this one a shot, it isn't as bad as the ratings imply. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member weird and quite boring Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member It's such a shame to see this film go in this direction. With the impressive source material and - admittedly - brilliant take on it, they could have done so much and ended up with a fantastic film. Unfortunately, the production value is low, the acting is horrific and the script tends to go off target frequently which is both distracting and difficult to watch. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member An even more crap-tastic ripoff of a much better movie. That movie didn't include "Killer" in its title. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member one of the worst movies ever constructed. Doesn't even deserve half a star really. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com This one could have skipped direct-to-video and gone direct-to-landfill. Rated: 1/5 Jul 15, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A copycat who patterns his murders after the infamous Zodiac Killer terrorizes Los Angeles.
      Director
      Ulli Lommel
      Executive Producer
      P'Yvonne Woods, Reto Wullschleger
      Screenwriter
      Ulli Lommel
      Rating
      R (Language|Strong Graphic Images|Sexual Content)
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English