Dot.Kill (2005)

First of all, it got one brilliant factor. It's where the killer is the partner. Very unpredictable I must admit.Another, yet half-brilliant, factor. The characterization of the lead. It's unusual, catchy, and sad. However with no serious shadows or dramatic justification. I mean yes Armand brought some of the Assante magic to it, made it believable and special. But for instance why he was dying ?? The answer of this question could be something high and meaningful, like being poisoned by the modern civilization (that created such a maniac and advanced killer as well), or maybe he's dying because the ethics are anyway. Well, sure any answer would have completed it as whole brilliant.The real bad factor is the killer's motive. It's bad because it's nonexistent. They succeeded to make him unpredictable, but forgot anything else. As if it's enough motive to chuckle crazily in front of a computer!Another, yet slight, bad factor. Which's Armand Assante's dark contact lens. They forced the guy to put them to look weary. But that was pretty exposed. You can see them clear when he was lying on the couch of the dancer. The fake black points in them were moving as his eyes. It was unnecessary and cheap move; just like his endless cough too!So as you see, the brilliance wasn't that much available. Nonetheless still it is "something else" amongst the other V crap that looks meaningless and senseless in comparison. And generally it is a good attempt to make what's different in the new genre of catch-the-serial-killer that became in fashion since (The Silence of the Lambs – 1991). But why it stopped at being just an attempt?? Anyway, the weak links will be stronger, and the brilliant factors more complete, 3 years later in (Untraceable) which seems, somewhat, like a refined remake. I believe the only love to kill in here is the movie's love to kill itself !

Armand Assante was OK, as usual, even if he looked like a grandfather. The movie itself was a TV quality script, with low budget and a predictable story. I wish there was more to say, but there really isn't.The plot revolves around a cop trying to catch a murderer who kills people live on the Internet. If you watched Criminal Minds you would certainly see the "Angel of Death" pattern and quickly realize who the killer is.Bottom line: do not rent, do not see at cinema, only watch it on TV when you're really tired.

It's watchable and sure keeps you attached to it when viewing it. It's a movie which can be seen from two viewpoints:-1- The (dramatical) story of the main character, his live and whats happening to him. -2- Who's doing all the killing, showing it live on the internet and how will they get them or him/her and who's behind this all?However there are many inconsistencies in the story and logic errors. That's ashame, if they weren't there I would rated it an 7 or even 8.They are not all too disturbing if you just continue watching and don't make a big deal about these, but I can imagine some people would be irritated by them. I wasn't cause I just viewed it without too much thinking and all together it's very watchable.OK, no special effects, please see Star Wars 3 or something. OK, no well thought out Drama. OK, no real action.But altogether better than many other movies.....Give it a try if you have the time.

One movie, different names... Dot.kill, Digital Reaper, Digital Killer here..... pfff seen that before, probably a bad B-movie... Well I was surprised, in a good way. Assante produced this one and I must say, it's not bad at all. I'm not a real fan of Assante, but he does a good job. You can look at it in different ways, finding the bad guy came for me in second place, Assante's struggle was for me more interesting. A movie with 2 stories, if you want to see a good b-movie with a human story to tell watch it. I wasn't bored during the movie and that says something. I've seen better movies but there are a lot worse than this one.