OK. Let me makes this plain and simple. I am not going to tell you who is the killer. You will probably, as I did, think you know because it seems rather obvious, but the plot-hole (big enough to drive a VW thru) comes down to age difference. Our protagonist is clearly Older than the Killer (a check with the cast index on IMDb has the protagonist- killer age difference as 10 years and it shows). Yet, when the protagonist was just 10, and they emphasize this again & again, they have the killer already an adult in their 20's. I have to surmise that they(the screenwriters) are basing the ages on the year the movie was released - 2009. Then they have very important plot issues happen in the late 60's. If the killer was an adult in the late 60's...say 20 for example, the killer would be right around 60 in 2009, and this is not the case at all. Sad, sad, sad, another movie gone bad. I really wanted to like this film. All the characters did a fine job with their roles, and it was taut and suspenseful. And as the Title of this review states...A Good Thriller, if you don't use too much logic.
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Lizard Boy
(2011)
NOT Even For Entertainment Purposes.
15 September 2011
Let me begin by saying that every movie released deserves a 1(one). I don't care how bad the movie, actors, script, etc is. Just the sheer fact that these movies are pressed onto discs for you to buy or rent should gain them a 1(one). This movie surpassed that criteria, only by a fraction. It did that by its subject matter. A man's genetic makeup crossed with a transgenic* (of, pertaining to, or containing a gene or genes transferred from another species)Komodo Dragon, the common Iguana and a snake(unspecified). Fairly unique premise and that is it....there really is not much more to say. The acting was flat (or non-existent). The script seemed to be more difficult than the actors could handle. That is very sad in that most of the people who created this, dare I say, monstrosity were also actors in the film. The movie also had more plot holes than Swiss cheese. I thought I would at least get a laugh or two, at the expense of the film's ineptitude, but no chuckles were forthcoming. View at your own risk.
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