{"id":616472,"date":"2024-04-11T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-a-slick-but-tepid-serial-killer-thriller\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T19:00:00","slug":"watch-a-slick-but-tepid-serial-killer-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-a-slick-but-tepid-serial-killer-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch A Slick but Tepid Serial Killer Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32f6af6b9f3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32f6af6b9f3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-a-slick-but-tepid-serial-killer-thriller\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_A_Slick_but_Tepid_Serial_Killer_Thriller%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online A Slick but Tepid Serial Killer Thriller&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-a-slick-but-tepid-serial-killer-thriller\/#%E2%80%9CA_Slick_but_Tepid_Serial_Killer_Thriller%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;A Slick but Tepid Serial Killer Thriller&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_A_Slick_but_Tepid_Serial_Killer_Thriller%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online A Slick but Tepid Serial Killer Thriller&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CA_Slick_but_Tepid_Serial_Killer_Thriller%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;A Slick but Tepid Serial Killer Thriller&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    At their least, the myriad serial-killer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> that followed in the imitative wake of \u201cSe7en\u201d three decades ago have gotten the grisly part down, but find compelling suspense, atmospherics and original narrative ideas harder to come by. Such is certainly the case with \u201cDamaged,\u201d which serves up a considerable number of victims\u2019 severed limbs, yet is likely to leave scant impression \u2014 scarring or otherwise \u2014 on the viewer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Though Samuel L. Jackson and Vincent Cassel are top-billed, Gianni Capaldi (who also co-wrote and produced) is essentially the lead here as an Edinburgh detective on the trail of a murderer whose crimes <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to extend those of a Chicago perp six years prior. There\u2019s a similar lopsidedness to the character dynamics, as the convoluted story sometimes seems to dole out emphasis more for reasons of marquee value than narrative logic. Directed with polished competence by TV episodic veteran Terry McDonough, this watchable but forgettable thriller runs a brisk gamut from the uninspired to the implausible. Lionsgate is releasing it to U.S. theaters as well as digital and on-demand platforms April 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    At the start, a young Scottish woman opening her door to an alleged delivery person is mortally attacked. The gruesome condition in which her remains are discovered \u2014 extremities arranged in an \u201cinverted cross,\u201d other Satanic symbols, entire torso missing \u2014 distinctly echoes that of five people previously slain in Chicago, their killer never found. When a second woman meets the same fate, local investigators Boyd (Capaldi) and Kessler (Kate Dickie) get joined by Yank cop Lawson (Jackson), who had worked on those now-cold cases. He also calls in former colleague Bravo (Vincent Cassel), who\u2019s conveniently moved to the U.K.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    At first, suspicion falls on a surly neighbor (Brian McCardie) known to have quarreled with the first new victim. Then focus shifts to McGregor (John Hannah), an even more unpleasant character recently kicked out of an already extreme (if ill-defined) religious sect for being \u201ctoo radical.\u201d Others also spark distrust, including some of the investigators themselves \u2014 and it probably doesn\u2019t help that Lawson is an unapologetically sloppy drunk, his behavior explained by mourning for the wife who was among the original casualties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Koji Steven Sakai, Capaldi and Paul Aniello\u2019s script feels like an awkward compromise between competing visions, as well as somewhat inorganic multinational casting. While his performance is okay, frequently surrendering focus to better-known actors doesn\u2019t lend Capaldi\u2019s character enough heft or personality to center the film, as it seems meant to. Jackson is in enjoyably playful form at first, though later he\u2019s saddled with more credulity-straining narrative baggage than he bothers to treat seriously. Cassel and particularly Dickie are underutilized, while the preliminary villains make a menacing impression the screenplay fails to flesh out much. (Even the story\u2019s religious angles turn out to be a red herring.) Suspense is minimal in part because the murder victims are mostly only introduced to be offed \u2014 the film is less interested in their peril than lingering on the gory aftermaths.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    McDonough has directed a lot of quality series installments on both sides of the Atlantic over the last quarter-century, including \u201cBetter Call Saul,\u201d \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d and \u201cThe Street.\u201d This belated first theatrical feature gets the benefit of his slick professionalism, as well as that of his overqualified actors. But they can only do so much with material that feels cursorily sewn together from elements of prior, better genre exercises, and which finally collapses into explication-heavy twistiness that leaves any remaining believability behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Nicely enough turned in all tech and design departments, \u201cDamaged\u201d is too efficiently handled to be dull, or even overtly bad \u2014 though viewers may find themselves rolling their eyes a bit after a while. But the overall lack of conviction reduces content that should be alarming and macabre to the status of an unmemorable time-killer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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