D.C. Sniper (2010)

OK let's review key elements of which at least one or more are required in order to make a movie interesting, viewable, likable, thought provoking and perhaps even stunning or beautiful. This movie had bad writing (really bad), bad acting, bad casting, bad directing, bad cinematography, a bad plot and yes, even a bad score. In other words this film has absolutely no redeeming qualities about it whatsoever. I don't know how a project could fail so horribly in the year 2010 especially with such interesting and relevant material to deal with.The 2003 made for TV movie entitled DC Sniper: 23 days of Fear, was excellent by the way! I guess they couldn't even come up with an original name for this turd.I could tell that it was going to be a B movie with just the credits but many B budget movies I have watched and enjoyed. This was not one of them. Things that really bothered me were: [1] Two real bad characterizations of the 'Texan' and the initial FBI agent who in the end took the sole credit for catching the duo. [2] This was supposedly based on fact yet the script deviated away from the facts at every opportunity. [3] How the dynamic duo teamed up and during routinesurveillance while undercover they just happened to find them in a parking lot. I love the writing around this point where it becomes so cheesy that it is actual humorous. "That 50,000 dollar reward sure would go along ways in finding my daughter". As if cops get cash rewards for doing their jobs. [4] The dinner scene was so laughable. How could anyone write so poorly.[5] They couldn't afford a real gun I guess as the one they used was sooooo bad and everyone knows they were using a high tech semiautomatic rifle.[6] The position of the kid in the trunk trying to shoot was so unrealistic that yet again I liked it because it was so humorous. No one could hit anything like that.[7] Making a big deal of getting out and replacing the tail light after every shoot (which never happened by the way) and yet they forget to put it back on when they were caught napping in the parking lot.I could go on easily but I won't. The movie was so bad that it forced me to register with IMDb to vent.

I'll have to agree with James Broder 100%, this is neither a serial killer film nor a horror flick, it's a political thriller, guys, and one that's actually got brains, that's why those who expect something else will be utterly disappointed. Ken Foree is awesome in this film, the screenplay, which he co-wrote, is superb and very smart and subversive. For anyone with a truly open and thinking mind this is a film I highly recommend. I saw it at the Ulli Lommel retrospective last year in December in Munich, Germany, where I spent Xmas vacation. Lommel was there in person and introduced the film and did a Q&A after the screening. I am beginning to understand the controversies surrounding this extraordinary director, who has worked with German genius Rainer Werner Fassbinder for ten years before joining forces with Andy Warhol in the late 70s. DC SNIPER is well made, a political docu-drama and I enjoyed every minute of it.

This was hands don't one of the worst movies I ever attempted to watch. I could tell from the first 20 seconds that it was going to be bad. After the first 5 minutes, this was confirmed. The best thing about this film is that it gives encouragement to aspiring filmmakers, directors, and actors. It shows that even if you're horrible a horrible actor, working for a poor director, and an awful production crew, on a gut-wrenchingly horrible film, that one day that film may be shown to millions of unsuspecting victims around the globe.Don't waste your time. In my top 10 of Worst Movies Ever. Piece of trash.

I want my 92 Minutes back.I got a copy of this movie after reading the post from broder-james, who made this movie seem like all it isn't.This movie was sub B-grade, dreary and dull. The acting was repetitive, hesitant and very unbelievable. Constant theme park ghost train music really spoiled the flow of this movie which by the way, seemed like a cross between a documentary and very poorly acted sniping scenes. It seemed like the actors forgot their lines before every scene.I was not immersed in a story about a serial killer, yet left wanting, wanting a better version of this movie. I would rather have spent my time strapped to a bed of nails, with heavy-set midgets using me as a trampoline.In my opinion, if you like movies, this is one to miss. Extremely disappointed.