Nail Bomber: Manhunt

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Nail Bomber: Manhunt

2021

1h 12m

Documentary

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4 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

This documentary tells the story of the 1999 London bombings that targeted minorities, and the race to find the far-right extremist behind them.

Brad Newsome

Sydney Morning Herald

This unusual and compelling documentary focuses less on the police investigation and the bomber himself than it does on the people affected and the unusual characters who helped put him behind bars for life.

Jun 7, 2021

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

In an age of increased hate and minority-targeting crime, its timely resonance is impossible to miss.

Jun 1, 2021

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Brian Viner

Daily Mail (UK)

It's another very good documentary, which shows how Copeland was caught, but also unveils the depths of his depravity; packing his devices with nails wasn't enough, he also soaked the nails in rat urine, to maximise infections among those he didn't kill.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 7, 2021

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

This is a disturbingly relevant story of hatred and xenophobia leading to the horrific nail bombing attacks against communities of color and the gay community in 1999 London.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 2, 2021

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Fantastic doc shows how messed up of a person who did the nail bombs

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

Nice documentary for a brief knowledge and interview with insider. Could have added more footage.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

It has manhunt in the name, but hardly touches on the search of the nail bomber. It's mainly just people's experiences. It wasn't too interesting and is a forgettable documentary.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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farah r

At least it's not overly long or a series of eight episodes.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

This has almost nothing to do with the actual hunt for the nail bomber, it's almost completely self serving crap with a single interesting interviewee, the investigation is sidelined to focus on who the biggest victim is, calling it a documentary is a down right lie

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

BOOM! A documentary about a series of bombings in London in 1999, aiming at minority groups. This was a boring one. There honestly wasn't really much to the story in the first play. Most parts in the documentary were seen before. There was a person who was a spy within an far-right group. He was potentially interesting, but then there wasn't much revealed from his aspect. The biggest problems here are that the themes felt underwhelming and I didn't learn much about the event. Except for the spy guy, the other interviewees were all not interesting. Many times in this documentary I was bored and looked at phone instead. For only an hour and 12 minutes, it still felt long. Overall, it's better to just watch some YouTube videos or go to Wiki to learn about the event. 4/10

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Synopsis

This documentary tells the story of the 1999 London bombings that targeted minorities, and the race to find the far-right extremist behind them.

Director: Daniel Vernon
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 26, 2021
Runtime: 1h 12m