Like No Other

Rating: 9/10 (18 August 2013)

A Serial Killer Movie that is like no other. Traditional Genre expectations are not what is exposed. This hurt the Box-Office and has some Horror Movie and Slasher Fans screaming for the Exits and shouting LONG, SLOW, BORING, etc. So back up a bit and define what this is about. it is about procedure. Meticulous investigations with clues that go nowhere and suspects everywhere.
The intention of this Film is to represent, with as much accuracy as possible, the effect of a decade or more effort to track down and arrest San Francisco's teasing, attention seeking Murderer. The fact that it takes its toll on anyone caught in this sprawling Case that has so many superfluous facts and figures that the Mind boggles and the Spirit wanes.
One who does not wane is the obsessive/compulsive Cartoonist who in the end found that there was no end. He did write the Best Selling Book that the Movie was based and did manage to get Closure in a sense. The Cast is superb and the Direction from David Fincher is pristine and Paints the whole affair with a matter-of-fact Palate with just enough Style to make this absorbing and mesmerizing. It is a True-Crime Story and it is truly a crime that so many lives were affected, not to mention lost, and this low IQ Maniac could avoid capture.