No Man of God 2021
- Director: Amber Sealey
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Elijah Wood, Luke Kirby
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Elijah Wood – Everything Is Illuminated, The Hobbit LotR etc, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Deep Impact, The Ice Storm
- Why? Possibly interesting
- Seen: 16 March 2025
Serial killer are neither my
favourite people nor my favourite characters in films. Ted Bundy is a name I
recognise as a serial killer but I couldn’t tell you where or when or who. Nor
do I much care.
This film is based on transcripts
and tapes of interviews FBI criminal profiler Bill Hagmeier (Wood) did with
Bundy (Kirby) while he was on death row. The goal: to understand the mind of a
serial killer.
Doesn’t this kind of sound like The Silence of the Lambs? Interesting
enough but does it expand our understanding? Not mine anyway.
Good acting – our little Elijah is a long ways from Frodo – make it watchable but just barely. It’s unpleasant.
2*
of 5
