Writer-director Todd Robinson brings a unique perspective to the true-crime story of "Lonely Hearts Killers" Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez, whose lurid 1948 rampage inspired Leonard Kastle's black-and-white cult masterpiece THE HONEYMOON KILLERS (1969) and Arturo Ripstein's Mexico-set DARK CRIMSON (1997): Robinson's grandfather, Elmer Robinson, was one of the police detectives who caught them.
Nassau County, New York, 1948: Quietly devastated by his wife's sucide three years earlier, stolid detective Robinson (John Travolta), the single parent of a sullen, troubled teenager, has built a wall around himself. He's dating the loyal Rene (Laura Dern), a squad...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
108 mins