The Zodiac killer was never caught, so there can be no resolution. So this low budget police procedure thriller takes a domestic route to the facts. We see the destruction of a successful marriage as the obsessed fictional detective fails to catch the mysterious yet communicative killer. The period is particularly well recreated, the performances by the entire assemble of cast members strong,the central lead played with substance by Justin Chambers particularly effective and the murders disturbing in there recreation. The zodiac is in my view a nice piece of low budget cinema. Dramatically the film is not rewarding but only because there can be no happy ending or the resolution we crave. But as a mystery and as a piece of nostalgia though a macabre one, it did for me work well. In short this little known minor film is more than just worth a watch.
Review of The Zodiac
