Film Review: To Catch a Killer

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To Catch a Killer

FilmNation Entertainment, RainMaker Films

Vertical Entertainment

Release date

April 21, 2023

My Rating

7/10

#whatonwhatsgood Rating

72%

#whatonwhatsgood Express Review

In 'To Catch a Killer', 29 people are shot and killed on New Year's by a sniper. 

Special agent Geoffrey Lammark (Ben Mendelsohn) recruits a young police investigator Eleanor Falco (Shailene Woodley) to help profile an unstable serial killer.  She is also joined by McKenzie (Jovan Adepo). 

Eleanor has a history of addiction and has failed at joining the FBI...but Geoffrey Lammark has a good feeling about her.

Overall, "To Catch a Killer" is a decent movie.  The opening sequence is quite good.  The mass murderer is a madman rather than a terrorist which I guess is a bit different than your usual action/crime/drama films.  The actual identity of the killer is kept secret until the end of the film making you wonder who is doing these killings.  It's definitely worth a watch.

Description

Eleanor (Woodley) is a modern-day Clarice Starling, a young investigator wrestling with the demons of her past, when she’s called to the scene of a brutal crime—the work of a new and terrifying mass murderer. The police and FBI launch a desperate nationwide manhunt but are thwarted at every turn by the killer’s enigmatic, unprecedented behavior. Despite her relative inexperience, Eleanor is drawn deeper and deeper into the case, as she and her colleagues realize that she may be the only person, given her own tortured psyche, who can understand the mind of this singular killer and bring him to justice.

Directed by

Damián Szifron

Written by

Damián Szifron and Jonathan Wakeham

Produced by

Aaron Ryder, Stuart Manashil, Damián Szifron, and Shailene Woodley

to catch a killer

Starring

Shailene Woodley as Eleanor

Ben Mendelsohn as Geoffrey Lammark

Jovan Adepo as Mackenzie

Ralph Ineson as Dean Possey

Rosemary Dunsmore as Mrs. Possey

Michael Cram as Gavin

Jason Cavalier as Marquand

Mark Camacho as Chief Karl Jackson

Cinematography

Javier Juliá

Music by

Carter Burwell

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