Dating Game Killer (2017) Reviews

• Too much jumping around in time but still interesting

  phd_travel2018-01-13

  The events span a long period of time from the 60s to 2010. The makers of the TV movie for some strange reason decided to tell the tale in a fragmented manner jumping around a lot in time. It's clear when they do it - unfortunately it leaves some unanswered questions and bewilders the viewer unnecessarily and breaks up the tension of the movie. Guillermo Diaz of Scandal is good as the crazy killer who slipped through the cracks of the system so many times. The tale is tragic because of the failures of the system that a convicted rapist could have been out to commit so many more crimes. The failure of the system and the unresolved nature of some of his crimes makes this story less neat than Bundy and Gacy. Probably that explains why Rodney Alcala isn't that much of a household name despite having a larger possible victim count. It's frustrating but realistic how hard it was to prove crimes he was suspected of and the unreliability of witnesses. Carrie Preston of the Good Wife is effective in her few scenes as mother of one of the victims.

• Embarrassingly Bad, Simply Terrible

  alanadel20022017-12-08

  If you have a medical something license and some time to kill - you might find this one of the funniest things you've ever seen. I wish I had the former but I don't, nevertheless this "movie" made me laugh out loud involuntarily several times. I do not enjoy saying negative things, and I genuinely feel sorry for all those who were involved in this bungled attempt. It's a wonderfully rare - so bad it's hilarious one. Every cliché, from writing to acting is thrown in here for good measure, but to such an extent that you won't be able to help alternating between groaning, putting your head in you hands in despair, rolling your eyes, and finally just giving in and giggling all the way to the most absurdly written and poorly acted courtroom finale you will have ever seen. If you remember the scene in 'Bananas' when Woody Allen acts as his own lawyer and switches between his lawyer persona and his witness persona whilst jumping in and out of the witness box for comic effect, well the same happens in this film but comedy, whilst not the intention, is definitely the result. The lead actor is so awful it's practically unbelievable. And he's not alone, oh no, he is matched by everyone else in the cast. So, either miss this completely, which would prob be a very sensible move, or, I refer you back to the first sentence in this review. Get some friends round, and work out a shot game for every time you see one of the absurdly portrayed detectives says, "Damn it! He got away again!" You will be completely wasted.

• Jack Black...?

  aspenskye2019-02-22

  Why is Jack Black on the thumbnail for this movie...?? I mean, it really looks like him...and none of the cast listed look like that. And his names not there anyway, am I missing something?

• Some embarassing acting on show!

  asd292019-04-14

  This movie could have been a hell of a lot better if it had better actors and more money put into it- this movie was made for tv i know, but the movie is just amateurish and shoddy and i hope the main actor- the cop doesnt think he put in an oscar winning performance for this , he acts like hes not going to get paid for been in the movie or something, but to be fair all the actors in this were poor , especially jack black who plays ???? serial killer rodney alcala! Im not an actor im a baker! You better believe it lol