Great film top to bottom! I appreciate the fact that the film's makers focus on examining the how and why of the killing spree instead of focusing on the killings themselves. The vast majority of the film is devoted to the story of how Mohammed and Malvo meet and form their surrogate father / son bond, and how Mohammed's frustrations with his life led to the shootings.

The actors and director did an amazing job of giving insight into these two men that offer a realistic look at their mentality without unreasonably vilifying the men themselves nor sympathizing with them.

In the end, the film - while very entertaining - takes an almost journalistic approach to the story.

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Christina Lopez

Great movie!

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2021

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Great movie and depictions of real life events! Don’t watch little ones in the room!

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L

Parenting gone wrong...

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2014

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In 2002 I was 20 years old and in college, and I clearly remember reading about the DC area shootings of random people at gas stations and parking lots. It was right after September 11 2001, and a lot of people thought that the two events were related. The media was making headlines with these senseless killings.
The acting was phenomenal, the story really interesting, the car they drove...
It goes to show you that real life events can sometimes be the best material for a book or movie. Come to think of it now, it seem really scary if you think about what these two did...all it took was one frustrated guy to come up with an elaborate plan to get even with society...

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Devin

Good prequel to the shootings if that’s what your looking for.

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2019

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I listened to the book “call me god...” on audible which goes into detail about everything we did and did not know about the DC Sniper attacks. Listening to that book made me want to watch a movie on the subject because it hits very close to home. This movie does a good job at showing what really happened in the early stages (before they arrived in dc). After that it starts to move really fast and glosses over EVERYTHING!!! It literally went from them arriving in the DMV area to the credits in 10 mins. I was 10 years old when these men came to my hometown and shot a man coming out of a restaurant I visited every Sunday. The same restaurant that they found the letter saying kids weren’t safe and that they used to talk to these men for the first time vía payphone. I’m shocked to see that it wasn’t even mentioned. They really only showed 2 of the actual shooting on the beltway.

It’s a good movie if you want to know the prequel of the shootings (SOME of the people they killed along the way) but if you want to know the whole story listen to “call me god” on audible (non-spon). You get a lot more detail and you get to hear from some of the victims loved ones and some of the people who had a hand in finding the psychopaths. I still remember that month like it was yesterday, but the book thought me things I was too young to know at the time or that nobody (civilians) knew.

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Omzee Pitchford

Stirring, Captivating Throughout

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2013

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This movie is intense from the get go. And not one second, nor one glance is wasted, It is a deep psychological thriller, full of suspense. I thought the actors, the script, the editing, the music was all hauntingly engaging,

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Christopher Lynn-Logue

A slow, inaccurate portrayal.

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2021

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Since the movie is titled Blue Caprice, I thought there would be more time spent within the blue caprice. Instead, the film "focuses" on the relationship between Malvo and Muhammed leading up to their killing spree. I use "focuses" lightly as there isn't much dialogue throughout the movie's early part. Isiah Washington's Muhammed only says about ten lines through the first 30-45 minutes. When he does start talking, we see that he's angry, but we never really know why. I know some of the real story and know that his anger was directed at his ex-wife, who, according to him, "took his kids from him." The movie doesn't go into this at all. Ms. Muhamed is never mentioned outside of a throwaway line from one of the kids in the early going. On that topic, there aren't many women in the movie. The few that are present only speak about ten lines collectively.

Perhaps the film is somewhat from Muhammed's perspective, but it is hard to tell as we never learn his motivation for taking in Malvo and wanting to go on the killing spree. We never hear what his actual plan was. To be fair, not much was known about his plans and motivations when the movie was released in 2013. Nonetheless, there are many inaccuracies from what was known and certainly what we know now. There isn't much information about the actual killings, the ones in the DC area or the preliminary ones, including the one that would lead to their eventual arrest.

Save your money and spend the time learning more differently. I'd suggest finding a good documentary or listening to a few podcasts that have delved deeper into the story. The "You Were Wrong About" podcast did a series on them, which was really good.

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Tim Grey

Could have been so much better.

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2023

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I really wanted to like this movie. The general tone of it is very somber and strange, which is appropriate given the content, but the film moves very slowly and a lot of the story is left to your imagination.
They don't show them being apprehended, the kid who plays the kid isn't a very good actor, he's almost expressionless. So many details about the characters and their lives are just left out so it's hard to really understand what's motivating them. It's not torture to watch, but it could have been so much better, given the details of the real story and the 2 main characters.

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2020

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My son ordered it and said it was fantastic

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Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on December 22, 2016

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Fantastic. Best film based on the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, in my opinion.

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Reviewed in Australia on January 22, 2020

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