Solid

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2007)

I will start by saying I was previously interested in the story of the Zodiac killer, because I thought that the story was extremely...interesting. This movie piggybacks on the strong story, and stretches it to its fullest. Now I mean the stretching bit in multiple ways; 1. They take opportune moments in the story to add a sense of humor (very often they do this), which keeps the movie from being one long tube of death 2. It sort of becomes a long tube of death. This is a mainly wordy movie, as it shows investigators tracking down even the dead ends, and is a lot of desk work 3. They develop each and every end, dead or alive. They work on the odd characters involved in the fiasco to make it interesting. This also can make it confusing at certain transitions, but it picks you back up soon enough 4. Following all of the dead ends drags out the movie to a startling 2 hours and 40 minutes of pleasure. So be warned. Now, coming out of the numbering system, I will comment on the commonalities and what not. Overall, the acting is pretty solid, although there are a few loose ends. They accurately capture a morbid, dreary mood of frustration which won't let go. Directing was decent. Scenes were lopsided, I mean that with the timing and rising and falling actions. Overall-its a great story that is well done and needs to borrow your time to enjoy it.