Born To Kill - Deadly Memories

Movie
German title	Born To Kill - Deadly Memories
Original title	Absence of the Good
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1999
length	95 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	John Flynn
script	David Golden ; James Reid
production	Oliver G. Hess ; Kevin M. Kallberg ; Brad Krevoy
music	Richard Marvin
camera	Ric Waite
cut	Barry Zetlin
occupation
	Stephen Baldwin : Caleb Barnes; Tyne Daly : Dr. Marcia Lyons; Allen Garfield : Lieutenant Paul Taylor; Shawn Huff : Mary Barnes; Silas Weir Mitchell : Jack Gaskin; Steve O'Neill : Detective Sloan; James Maitland : Detective Garcia; Alex Warren : Sarah Quinn; Michelle Wright : Investigator; Robert Knepper : Glenn Dwyer;

Born To Kill (Original title: Absence of the Good ) is an American thriller directed by John Flynn from 1999 .

action

Police investigator Caleb Barnes is responsible for murder cases. He suffers from nightmares after his son is shot at school.

Barnes is looking for a serial killer who is active in his hometown and kills the victims with a hammer. He realizes that the killer's childhood experiences motivate him. The case is a psychological strain on Barnes. They want to hand the investigation over to another police officer, but Barnes finds the killer.

Reviews

Ryan Cracknell scoffed at Apollo Guide , the title " Absence of the Good " (dt. The absence of good ) summarize the result of the efforts of the filmmakers together. Cracknell criticized the " bad " representations and the plot, the tension only " supposedly " brings. Some film elements have " potential ", for example the allusions to classical mythology . The biggest mistake is that you can guess who the killer is half an hour before the end.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a psychological thriller that “went beyond the scope of the genre ” and, despite being true to the genre, “ pointed to social deformations in the family ”. He is a " convincing genre attempt on the" absence of good " ". Some scenes are " oppressive ".

background

The film was released on DVD in Germany in April 2000.

Web links

Born To Kill - Deadly memories in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Born To Kill - Deadly memories at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

[1] Review by Ryan Cracknell ( Memento February 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Born To Kill - Deadly Memories. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[3] Release dates for Absence of the Good