bigchin_00 Review of The Rockville Slayer

The Rockville Slayer (2004)

Not very enjoyable but shows some promise

[2/10 · 23 December 2005]

Most elements of a good story all appear to be here. There's a crime (really a series of crimes), some suspicious characters, and the potential for the murderer to strike again. But as I watched the story develop and progress there is one thing missing, the story lacks a hero or a heroine. It almost has the feel of a documentary as things happen (murders, suspects arise and fall) and you don't have a sense of heightening suspense. I don't agree with some of the comments here that put down a lot of the actors. I especially liked Joe Estevez as the town sheriff and Linnea Quigley as the old lady who may or may not be the murderer who turns up with hulking horror icon Bob Z'dar, they do a decent job even though burdened with some lifeless and artificial lines to say. The real actors are very good esp. compared to the rest of the cast, who I never heard of. My biggest problem is like someone else said, the ending is disconnected to the rest of the movie. It's almost impossible to judge the DVD version put out for Rockville Slayer because the image and audio quality have a lot of problems and some parts are mangled up pretty bad. Maybe it was better in the movie houses. When push comes to shove here you have some fairly good actors and actresses working against a story that is intricate but at the same time doesn't make complete sense if thats possible.