THE ZODIAC recounts the first several assaults and murders in the Napa Valley and Bay area by the infamous Zodiac killer. Unfortunately, this low-budget crime drama thinks it's a documentary, and not a particularly good one at that. It largely focuses on a young detective who is in charge of the team trying to capture the elusive killer. Their failure to do weighs heavily on the detective and costs him his family. And the movie ends rather abruptly with the killer still at large, which is all the more heinous when one knows the killer's identity was unveiled a few years ago and a short coda to that effect could have helped. ZODIAC is dull as dishwater, badly directed and written and acted. What more can I say? This is what I get for renting an STV named for a serial killer. I made the same mistake with the infamous DAHMER, another so-called crime drama short on suspense and high on the cheese factor.
Review of The Zodiac
