Awakening the Zodiac (2017)

Over 40 years since the infamous Zodiac killer terrorised inhabitants of San Francisco and surrounds, three people stumble across homemade films of some of his murders. They then set out to track him down.

Director:

Jonathan Wright

Writers:

Jennifer Archer, Mike Horrigan

Stars:

Shane West, Leslie Bibb, Matt Craven

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Shane West	...	Mick Branson
Leslie Bibb	...	Zoe Branson
Matt Craven	...	Harvey
Nicholas Campbell	...	Ray
Kenneth Welsh	...	Ben
Stephen McHattie	...	Zodiac
John Bregar	...	Adam
Eva Link	...	Lula
Jennie Esnard	...	Tina
Douglas Kidd	...	Officer
Sandra Wilson	...	Front Desk Woman
Jason Hook	...	S.A. Grinstahl

Storyline

The story follows a down-on-their-luck couple who discovers a serial killer's film reels. They decide to take the law into their own hands, risking everything for the chance at a $100,000 reward. It isn't long until they find themselves in the killer's lethal cross-hairs.

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Taglines:

The deadliest serial killer in U.S. history ... is back.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 June 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Z

Filming Locations:

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bunk 11 Pictures, TAJJ Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Zodiac killer's executioner-style hooded costume is based on real-life Zodiac survivor Bryan Hartnell's description of the killer.

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Goofs

Early on in the film, Zoe is seen using a smartphone. Later in the library scene, she is seen using a flip phone.

User Reviews

I enjoyed it.

It's That eerie kind of spooky. Doesn't really make you jump just spooks you out. They're solving the case as if though they were watching a horror movie. The more they discover about the killer the more it unwinds them, but unlike us they have genuine concern.

Awaking the Zodiac takes a new spin on the Zodiac killer with the concept that he's been hiding out for 40 years, and somehow a couple in a rural part of Virginia come across his old films of his murders, and force him out of hiding. Kind of like the idea that they take something that actually happen and turned it into their own fiction.

Was OK movie. Really like how the whole thing was laid out. Not a bad mystery at all. I liked how everything unfolded.

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