There is a defining moment in "Touched by a Killer" when the character Tyler Nash is staring at himself, bug-eyed in a mirror. Rage boils from within as Tyler loses a grip on himself. Are these the eyes of a killer? Or are they the eyes of a frustrated man who spent years in jail for a crime that he did not commit?
For journalist Nikki Barrington, they are the eyes of an innocent man, for whom she committed perjury to keep him off of death row. Nikki lost her beloved father to the electric chair, and she could never bring herself to believe that her dear dad had murdered his boss in a fit of temper.
Nikki is haunted by the moment when her dad fried in the electric chair, and she chooses to lie in order to spare Tyler the same fate. She then moves him into her home where the little love birds seem happy for a spell. But more murders are committed, and Nikki is unsure as to whether she may have sprung a serial killer. She also begins to fear that even she may be in Tyler's sights.
While the filmmakers were successful in developing an intriguing angle into the "Dead Man Walking" genre, the pacing was sluggish and the chemistry was not very exciting between Tyler and Nikki. It was also never made clear why Nikki's beloved mentor and boss, who was named "RJ," wanted her to look into the Tyler Nash case shortly before RJ died.
While there was a nice plot twist at the end, there was one too many twists of the knife, when Liza, the bestie of Nikki, is silently stabbed in the toilet. There was an interesting secondary character, ol' Bernie, who fears that he will be skywriting on the ceiling if he consumes an egg salad sandwich. The trial scenes were also interesting with good tension that builds to whether or not Nikki will be convicted of perjury. And, by the way, WAS Nikki Barrington ever convicted of perjury? The film never explains.
For journalist Nikki Barrington, they are the eyes of an innocent man, for whom she committed perjury to keep him off of death row. Nikki lost her beloved father to the electric chair, and she could never bring herself to believe that her dear dad had murdered his boss in a fit of temper.
Nikki is haunted by the moment when her dad fried in the electric chair, and she chooses to lie in order to spare Tyler the same fate. She then moves him into her home where the little love birds seem happy for a spell. But more murders are committed, and Nikki is unsure as to whether she may have sprung a serial killer. She also begins to fear that even she may be in Tyler's sights.
While the filmmakers were successful in developing an intriguing angle into the "Dead Man Walking" genre, the pacing was sluggish and the chemistry was not very exciting between Tyler and Nikki. It was also never made clear why Nikki's beloved mentor and boss, who was named "RJ," wanted her to look into the Tyler Nash case shortly before RJ died.
While there was a nice plot twist at the end, there was one too many twists of the knife, when Liza, the bestie of Nikki, is silently stabbed in the toilet. There was an interesting secondary character, ol' Bernie, who fears that he will be skywriting on the ceiling if he consumes an egg salad sandwich. The trial scenes were also interesting with good tension that builds to whether or not Nikki will be convicted of perjury. And, by the way, WAS Nikki Barrington ever convicted of perjury? The film never explains.