Son of Sam (2008)

Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

just watch it!

brilliant actors, brilliant editing

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

terrific movie, a must see....if you love horror ..... you will feel so horrible for the only guy to sit threw the whole movie awake, the guy who had to edit the film (not me)jk. its inconsiderable how they didn't use David's Jewish back ground with his Jewish stick , most of his trial he would joke around and be funny, wish this movie used that.But the first time I fell asleep watching it like after 10 minutes. I just popped it in again to show a friend, she passed out and went to sleep and its around noon. So if your in pathmark and look in the 2.99 bin your sure to find this lion's gate film ( which surprised me ).ps I wish they had the making of this film .. that would of been a pissa to watch.

I'm not usually given to hyperbole, nor have I ever felt compelled to write a movie review before. After watching this steaming pile, however, I'm actually angry enough to pan it out loud. My daughter and I loved Zodiac, and picked this strictly based on the title. Don't repeat my error. Direct-to-video porn productions are made with more care than this "movie." It looks like it was shot on a Flip video recorder, the dialog consists of endless chanting and repetition of phrases (I'm not making this up - it's extraordinarily annoying!), and the storyline is lame lame lame, even though it's supposedly based on a true story. There wasn't a shred of effort to make it look like the '70s. It calls itself a "horror" movie. It's horrible, alright. My next step is to complain to the cable company for putting this on pay-per-view - I wasted my free coupon on it. Caveat emptor!! I should have looked on IMDb first.Update: The cable company gave me another free movie - they felt guilty for showing this!Spoiler: The only reason to sit through the whole thing is the hope that the chick in the Satanic cult (or maybe the lawyer chick) will get naked. This never happens, so don't waste your time.

My cousins decided to see this on pay per view, and we definitely wished that we could refund it. After seeing the whole movie, we felt that we could have made a better movie with nothing but a camcorder (which is probably what these people used as well). The filming style is crappy, as is the acting and the effects. The Satanic worship sequences are anything but scary and are more hilarious than anything else. The main actor should probably stay away from acting as should the rest of the actors in this film. At times, they used the same actors from an older scene in a different scene. Stay as far away from this trash if you value your time.

All the other reviewers are holding Ulli's other films against him. This one is easily his best in a long time and maybe the best attempt at capturing the real berkowitz on film.If you saw Spike Lee's Summer of Sam then you know it did a pretty bad job at portraying Berkowitz and focused more on the community and the fear and hysteria that it had to deal with. This may be relevant to Spike Lee having grown up out in 1970s New York but I don't see how that was more important than David Berkowitz himself and how many people are going to relate to a film more so aimed at capturing the 70s in New York.Ulli got it right this time and he must have done some homework as there are a few things that happen in this film(wont reveal the spoilers) that have definitely never been in a son of sam film and are directly from his life. I know its not perfect by any means but the Satanic cult backdrop and the use of the talking dog clearly showed an ambitious attempt at portraying Son of Sam correctly versus making him look like a brainless idiot (like Spike Lee's version) and if your a horror fan I don't see how you would think Lees film is better as its a bad drama. I'd like to see a studio do a film on Berkowitz and if they do they should definitely check this out for reference.