Review: D.C. SNIPER

[Foywonder]

D.C. SNIPER is the latest from Ulli Lommel. Someone he got a real actor like Ken Foree to star. What does that entail for a reviewer like me? Believe it or not, it makes for a better film - one whole knife.



Of course, that still means this one stinks to high heaven. Just wait until you hear about some of this, including Lommel casting himself in a key role.

Because the true story of shooting spree that set off widespread panic in the nation’s capitol over the course of three-weeks back in 1992 wasn’t enough for Lommel to fill 76-minutes with, a subplot is introduced about the narrating officer’s runaway daughter being under the influence of a shady boyfriend that has gotten her mixed up in the world of online porn. Lommel tries to draw a parallel comparing how this man’s young daughter could be coerced into such extreme behavior to that of teenage Malvo being manipulated into committing murder by Muhammad, except the movie never delves one iota into what would make a kid like Malvo fall under the psychopathic influence of a loon like Muhammad. The inclusion of this appears to be merely an excuse to shoehorn in some gratuitous nudity when the cop staring at a laptop creepily watches a video of his daughter stripping.

D.C. SNIPER REVIEW

[Son of Sunstealer]

uh oh, now that Lommel has realized he can act in his own movies he'll realize how much money that will save.

imagine what he'll realize when he thinks about how much paying for a soundtrack, locations, a script and a DP cost.

next movie: only Lommel with a fixed camera sitting in his own apartment listening to public music on AM radio and acting out a fan fiction he read on the internets.