Unabashedly derivative and undeniably stylish, German writer-director Christian Alvart's serial killer thriller owes a substantial debt to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) but puts its own bloody twist on the tale of a killer and a cop locked in an uneasily symbiotic battle of wills.
Summoned by neighbors complaining of screams, the Berlin police arrest serial murderer Gabriel Engel (Andre Hennicke) red-handed. Literally red-handed: He's painting a crucifixion scene in the blood of his latest victim, who's strapped to a gurney leaking his life into into a can. Engel readily admits to a series of rape-murders, but refuses to supply ambitious Chief Comm...
Released:
2007
Rated:
NR
Length:
127 mins