Before seeing the abomination known as The Raven, I was not familiar with Ulli Lommel's work. I saw this out of curiosity, being intrigued by the subject, thinking it couldn't be worse than The Raven now could it. I was wrong, Green River Killer managed to be worse.
The fact that the subject was interesting is the only thing that was going for this film. Green River Killer could have been quite interesting, had it not been so badly made. The camera work and editing are all over the place and the lighting doesn't fare much better.
Lommel's direction is really quite inept. There is none of the unique and magnificent style that was there with the man he studied from Werner Fassbinder, instead he comes across as very amateurish. The story is derivative and moves at a pedestrian speed.
Also poor are the script and acting. You would wonder whether there was any scripting at all for Green River Killer, a lot of it is lame and cheesy. And not helped by really badly written and explored characters, the acting all round is terrible, in fact Green River Killer is one of the worst-acted films I have seen.
All in all, a big mess and to be avoided. 0.5/10 Bethany Cox
The fact that the subject was interesting is the only thing that was going for this film. Green River Killer could have been quite interesting, had it not been so badly made. The camera work and editing are all over the place and the lighting doesn't fare much better.
Lommel's direction is really quite inept. There is none of the unique and magnificent style that was there with the man he studied from Werner Fassbinder, instead he comes across as very amateurish. The story is derivative and moves at a pedestrian speed.
Also poor are the script and acting. You would wonder whether there was any scripting at all for Green River Killer, a lot of it is lame and cheesy. And not helped by really badly written and explored characters, the acting all round is terrible, in fact Green River Killer is one of the worst-acted films I have seen.
All in all, a big mess and to be avoided. 0.5/10 Bethany Cox