Sanctimony (2000)

A handsome, brilliant stock trader, bored with his existence, becomes a serial killer.

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writer:

Uwe Boll

Stars:

Casper Van Dien, Michael Paré, Eric Roberts

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Casper Van Dien	...	Tom Gerrick
Michael Paré	...	Jim Renart (as Michael Pare)
Eric Roberts	...	Lieutenant
Jennifer Rubin	...	Dorothy Smith
Catherine Oxenberg	...	Susan Renart
Michael Rasmussen	...	Dr. Fricke
Tanja Reichert	...	Eve
David Millbern	...	Peter
Birgit Stein	...	Sandra
Michael Gelbart	...	TV Director
Ken Camroux	...	Forensics
Marnie Alton	...	Tina
Nathaniel DeVeaux	...	Talk Show Host (as Nathaniel Deveaux)
Nels Lennarson	...	Veteran
Dolores Drake	...	Photo Woman

Storyline

Tom Gerrick (Casper van Dein) is a Wall Street Whiz Kid. He's also a serial killer. Six victims have had their eyes cut out, six their ears cut off and three their tongues removed. By the time he gets to his fourth 'tongue' victim, Tom is getting sick of his success. He calls the police himself, claiming to have found the body of the sixteen year old girl on the street. He wants to get caught, but first he wants to play with his captors for a while. His initial sensitivity to the crime is soon replaced with a psycho-smirk and a high priced lawyer. By the time the police find out he is the killer he is on a shooting spree, first on live television during an interviews on "the secret of success", then at his ex-fiancés non-wedding party.

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | businessman | murder | severed tongue | policewoman | 

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Taglines:

How do You Stop the killing

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Canada Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

October 2001 (France)

Also Known As:

Gyilkos ösztön

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Regent Entertainment, 1st Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH and Co. KG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

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Soundtracks

"Milennium's End"
Performed by King Arthur Clarke
Published by Boll Kino

User Reviews

Cold blooded killer goes even MORE crazy.

Although this wasn't a bad thriller, I felt there wasn't enough background for the characters to really get us in touch with them. Pare is a homicide detective on the trail of serial killer Van Dien. Pare seems to be in the middle of a mid life crises while tracking down Van Dien. Pare's wife, Oxenberg did a great job appearing genuine and vulnerable in her part. It takes a bit of concentration to figure out WHY Casper's character (the killer) would just snap completely and give up his killing spree, when he was no where near being caught. Without going into scene detail, here's my theory. Van Dien's character, already a vein and cruel individual who enjoys dominating, torturing and killing others, became even MORE disillusioned with American society. He encounters Pare as the witness who "found" a murdered girl. Obviousely Van Dien wanted to be found. Here is where you expect the killer to really start toying with the police for the fun of it. Instead, it's like he became bored with his own killing game and any statement or satisfaction that was to be gained by his killing. He just snaps and goes for broke in his killing. I got the feeling near the end that he entered an even darker place (if that's possible), hopelessness. There was gore and violence of course, but it was not over done. A bizarre thriller that is certainly worth a watch for lovers of the genre.