Bundy

Bundy

*1/2

Reviewed by: Keith Hennessey Brown

"Not for the faint hearted, Bundy is a startlingly frank glimpse inside the mind of a maniac, a cold-blooded study of psychosis and obsession that will leave no viewer unshaken."

All I can say is that the EIFF programmer who wrote this must either have seen a different film, or possesses minimal experience of psycho films.

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Fair enough, the exploitation genre as a whole thrives on hyperbole. The film that delivers on - or better, goes beyond - its advertising promises is a rare commodity. But this piece of Channel 5 grade trash is, quite frankly, an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast.

Bundy is bland and calculatedly inoffensive. There is no explicit sex or violence to get excited about. Matthew Bright's direction isn't and Tom Savini's FX aren't.

Michael Reilly Burke does displays a nice line in twitches as our titular hero, though compared to David Hess, Michael Rooker - or even Steve Railsback - he's a lightweight.

Don't waste your time with this garbage.

Reviewed on: 10 Aug 2002
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Biopic of serial killer Ted Bundy.
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Director: Matthew Bright

Writer: Matthew Bright, Stephen Johnston

Starring: Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Ann Bliss, Stefani Brass, Marina Black, Wayne Morse, Tom Savini

Year: 2002

Runtime: 105 minutes

BBFC: 18 - Age Restricted

Country: US

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