Laughably gratuitous violence, and not laughable in the slightest. Watching this made me depressed for the state of mankind and modern America, yet it was so weirdly fascinating that I couldn't turn it off either. Do we really need to see (well shot, clear footage of) endless close ups of close range gun shot head wounds, fresh blood pouring out of the hole and all? Followed by a bit where the director will cut in a replay of the very same gunshot wound being inflicted, as if it wasn't already seared on your retinas, but ZOOMED IN this time and slowed down,, while his voice drones on inviting you to "look closely" at some detail?
The murders/perpetrators/incidents don't really have anything to do with one another and the only reason to bundle them up in a package like this is to for the sake of selling to people (like me?) who love watching cult documentaries or shocking footage of a confronting nature. There is a vague attempt at some token analysis, but it wears off very rapidly and just shows murder after murder with no context. There is a banal attempt to appeal to higher morals near the end, asking the viewer to aspire to a future with more hope and less murders basically, which was the funniest moment in the film. Coz this film does nothing to move us forward toward that goal. I'm simply left in a vaguely disturbed state after watching it; those images still flashing before my eyes. I need a rom com stat.
The murders/perpetrators/incidents don't really have anything to do with one another and the only reason to bundle them up in a package like this is to for the sake of selling to people (like me?) who love watching cult documentaries or shocking footage of a confronting nature. There is a vague attempt at some token analysis, but it wears off very rapidly and just shows murder after murder with no context. There is a banal attempt to appeal to higher morals near the end, asking the viewer to aspire to a future with more hope and less murders basically, which was the funniest moment in the film. Coz this film does nothing to move us forward toward that goal. I'm simply left in a vaguely disturbed state after watching it; those images still flashing before my eyes. I need a rom com stat.