No Man of God (2021)
7/10
Superficial but Intriguing
27 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Ted Bundy is probably known by most people if they have any interest in true crime/serial killers and most likely have watched or read documentaries, so don't expect to learn anything different from this movie that you most likely didn't know from before since it never really dig into the crimes per se but is more about the interaction between Ted and Bill. It's a good movie and Luke Kirby does an excellent job portraying Ted Bundy, it keeps you invested and you'll want to keep watching to see what Ted has to say. Even if in the end you never learn much about the psyche about a serial killers mind other then "Because you wanted to". There's a somewhat strange sequence in the movie where Ted takes Bill on a journey of one of his killings but it's way too artificial dramatized with quick cuts between Ted and Bill without really saying much other then that Ted enjoyed doing what he did. I would say that what really makes the movie is Luke Kirby's portrayal since he makes you feel like it's Ted Bundy present. I would say it's like a longer episode of Mind Hunter and keeps the same quality. It's just quality film making and worth your time to watch if you have any interest in this subject, just don't expect to learn something extraordinary. Which is a shame since it seems like Ted opened up to Bill in real life and you would expect that Bill would had learned something more and that this movie would have used that information that might not have been that publicly known. I would had liked a bit more of a clinical analyzes of the mind of Ted Bundy then this movie could offer even if the portrayal of Luke was pretty telling what kind of a person Ted was, a weak egotistical psychopath who probably didn't feel remorse a second in his life for what he did. Well worth a watch.
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