The Argentine director and screenwriter Damián Szifron landed a record in 2014 with his film Wild Tales. As the Hollywood Reporter reported, no other film attracted as many people to Argentine cinemas on its opening weekend as the black comedy.
Last year, Szifron made his English-language debut with Catch the Killer, which was only shown in select cinemas. The two-hour thriller only received one international rating Box office gross of $3.1 million drive in. All the better that the home cinema version is finally being released.
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That’s what Catch the Killer is about
In the sophisticated thriller, the FBI is confronted with a brutal sniper on a New Year’s Eve 29 people shot. Agent Lammark (Ben Mendelsohn) quickly recruits the mentally unstable police officer Eleanor (Shailene Woodley), who is extremely good at empathizing with the perpetrator’s mind. And she has to, because the killer plans to cause another bloodbath.
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Catch the Killer delves into the psyche of a serial killer
The plot, in which investigators immerse themselves in the psyche of a serial killer, is well-known and popular. One of the most successful representatives of this genre is The Silence of the Lambs and Mindhunter’s concept also convinced in the series world. But Catch the Killer manages it, with another component a breath of fresh air into the genre bring to.
The complex characters not only have to face the killer, but also one extremely frustrating police work oppose. In the pursuit of justice, the police place countless hurdles in their own way, consisting of bureaucracy, statistics and influencing career paths. This realistic component coupled with a An exciting story and excellent performances make Catch the Killer so worth seeing.
In the film review by Amelia Harvey on Frame Rated the incredibly good camera work particularly highlighted by Javier Julia, who manages to bring an uncanny tension into everyday situations with his pictures:
[…] the unbearable brightness of mall food courts and snowy landscapes are superbly highlighted by an ominous sense of danger in the air.
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