Review of Blue Caprice (2013) by Michael Q — 01 Oct 2014
A bleak and realistic drama played as a bleak documentary of the two people behind of the 2002 Beltway sniper shootings mystery that terrorized the United States so soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks a few months before.
The film charts the course of the man and the teenager responsible for the terrible random killings, giving us detailed historical and psychological insight into the anger in their lives that pushed them over the edge to start a senseless murder spree for ultimately nonsensical reasons.
Loneliness, boredom, abandonment, and anger created a volatile mix in the film's languid atmosphere which is all conveyed in a very palpable way by the excellent cast.
This is a hard drama to watch and it's certainly not a "crowd pleaser", but it certainly should be seen by anyone interested in the facts behind the event, and for the portrayal of the paranoia that ran through the nation at that time which was exploited by these two evil men.
This review of Blue Caprice (2013) was written by Michael Q on 01 Oct 2014.
Blue Caprice has generally received positive reviews.
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