This movie was a great disappointment to watch due to a number of factors, all of which combine to make for a flat and unexciting viewing experience.
First off, it is clear from the outset that Jon Foster killed his parents but had that crime expunged from his record, so Detective Cristofuoro's relentless pursuit of him is altogether pointless. Cops don't just chase people around like that because they THINK they MAY do something, they go after people who have already done bad things, and in this case Foster hadn't done anything to merit this pursuit. The "dramatic" scene towards the end of the movie when Det. Cristofuoro and his cadre of New York state troopers try to arrest Foster was the breaking point for me, as they treated him as though he had actually committed a crime when all he had done was drive to see the girl Maria who had written him a note right before his release from jail (apparently in an inadequately-explained attempt to entrap him trying to kill another young woman).
Then there's Lori. It becomes clear at some point that her mom's boyfriend Gary has molested her at least once in the past, but I felt no sympathy for her whatsoever in her neurotic and obsessive pursuit of Foster. By halfway through the movie I almost WANTED her to die and get the plot going! Her eventual suicide by drowning was entirely anti-climactic and really did nothing for the plot or to develop any feelings of empathy on the part of the viewer with her character.
Going back to Foster, he acts creepy, and it is made clear that he killed his parents because they found evidence of his killing and posthumous defilement of an unnamed girl who is flashed to at various time throughout the movie. His alleged religiousness simply serves to make him a little creepier without serving any deeper purpose (except perhaps to point out that the director has a dismal opinion of Christianity).
His ending up in jail at the end of the movie was enough for me to exclaim that this crapper of a film wasted 101 minutes of my life I will never get back.
In short: too many glaring plot holes, and insufficient character development. I just didn't care about any of the characters even by the end of the movie, and certainly got no plot closure.
First off, it is clear from the outset that Jon Foster killed his parents but had that crime expunged from his record, so Detective Cristofuoro's relentless pursuit of him is altogether pointless. Cops don't just chase people around like that because they THINK they MAY do something, they go after people who have already done bad things, and in this case Foster hadn't done anything to merit this pursuit. The "dramatic" scene towards the end of the movie when Det. Cristofuoro and his cadre of New York state troopers try to arrest Foster was the breaking point for me, as they treated him as though he had actually committed a crime when all he had done was drive to see the girl Maria who had written him a note right before his release from jail (apparently in an inadequately-explained attempt to entrap him trying to kill another young woman).
Then there's Lori. It becomes clear at some point that her mom's boyfriend Gary has molested her at least once in the past, but I felt no sympathy for her whatsoever in her neurotic and obsessive pursuit of Foster. By halfway through the movie I almost WANTED her to die and get the plot going! Her eventual suicide by drowning was entirely anti-climactic and really did nothing for the plot or to develop any feelings of empathy on the part of the viewer with her character.
Going back to Foster, he acts creepy, and it is made clear that he killed his parents because they found evidence of his killing and posthumous defilement of an unnamed girl who is flashed to at various time throughout the movie. His alleged religiousness simply serves to make him a little creepier without serving any deeper purpose (except perhaps to point out that the director has a dismal opinion of Christianity).
His ending up in jail at the end of the movie was enough for me to exclaim that this crapper of a film wasted 101 minutes of my life I will never get back.
In short: too many glaring plot holes, and insufficient character development. I just didn't care about any of the characters even by the end of the movie, and certainly got no plot closure.