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Wow! Such a good movie.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

I live in Rochester New York. I remember the story in the local newspapers growing up it was terrifying. Not just so much because there was three homicides which happens all over the world but the double initial thing was really creepy. I don't remember anything about a female detective going crazy though maybe that was all behind the scenes but I believe it was made up.... The footage are real streets bars and eateries in Rochester which make it a little more authentic but this homicide detective going crazy I think that's a little far-fetched. They used fake names of the deceased. The real names are Carmen Colon, Michelle Maenza and Wanda Walkaweicz their ingrained in my head it was so traumatic. The towns that matched the initials of where the bodies were dropped off are real towns so that is real. On a side note we also had Arthur Shawcross who killed about 7 prostitutes but we inherited him he was not born in our area he came from Watertown outside of Syracuse. He was paroled here isn't that wonderful? We also had Kenneth Bianchi ( known as the hillside strangler ) who grew up in a suburb of Rochester (Gates Chili) he was a serial killer in California. The caption states "Rochester is a blue-collar City" I don't know many cities that aren't blue-collar with the exception of Manhattan N.Y. which is probably the only one that has no blue-collar areas in the country. Like all cities there are upscale parts of the city and blue collar. The girls came from a blue-collar area but I live in the city (Park Ave area) and it's certainly not blue-collar. The suburbs can be very affluent like other cities......They never caught the guy to this day..... every 10 year anniversary or so the newspapers will "talk" about it again....for once (it seems) guns are not the culprit.... and as long as we're on the topic of homicide....when are we going to get rid of assault rifles? Or the clip people use to modify the assault rifle. The Las Vegas shooter killed 58 people. I'm sorry people you can't shoot a deer 58 times and still eat it......

About the only thing I can think of in the movie's favor is the occasional local color... pretty obvious it was shot on location in NY.Otherwise, this is one of those movies you watch and by the end are mad at, simply because you have invested yourself in a story and characters that are (spoiler!) not even 'real'. Yup, its one of those 'it was all in her mind' endings where pivotal elements are suddenly revealed to be hallucinations, dreams, coincidence, etc. and it is clear that the director, writers, producers are happy to provide a giant insult to the audience instead of providing a coherent and satisfying closing act. Pretty pathetic, especially in a film that bills itself as 'Based on a true story'. In other words, they cheat their way out of creating a complete film. Pretty much a tease all the way through, then...

The Alphabet Killer is a promising tale that's ultimately undone by a bad casting decision and an ending that is pointless and unsatisfying.Based on a true story from the early 1970s where three young girls whose first and last names started with the same letter were murdered and their bodies dumped in New York towns with names which also started with the same letter, this film dispenses with the original era and is set in the present day. That decision starts the movie off on the wrong foot as there are aspects of the true tale that don't neatly fit into the 21st century. It's like making a film about Jack the Ripper but setting it in 1950s London.When the first dead girl turns up, Rochester, New York police lieutenant Megan Paige (Eliza Dushku) is assigned to the case. As the months pass and no progress is made in finding the killer, Megan grows increasingly obsessed and starts seeing and hearing the dead girl crying out for help. She finally tries to kill herself to end the torment.The story then jumps forward a couple of years. Megan has been diagnosed with adult onset schizophrenia. She's trying to manage it with drugs and group therapy sessions where she meets Richard Ledge (Timothy Hutton), a wheelchair bound former math teacher who suffers from his own mental disorder. Megan is no longer a detective but still has a job in the police records department, thanks to her old partner and ex-fiancée Kenneth Shine (Care Elwes), who's become a police captain. When another dead girl turns up, Megan pleads to be allowed to help with the investigation and Ken reluctantly agrees. He assigns Megan to tag along with officer Steven Harper (Tom Malloy) as he investigates the case, with strict rules about her only functioning as a consultant. As Megan and Harper try to track down suspects, they have to overcome the interference of police captain Nathan Norcross (Michael Ironside) from a neighboring jurisdiction who wants the capture of the Alphabet Killer for his own force. Megan also has to deal with her own schizophrenia returning in full force.There's really not much of a mystery at work in The Alphabet Killer. A few suspects are quickly introduced and just as quickly discarded and there aren't any investigative twists and turns to the story. This movie is all about the inner turmoil of Megan Paige and Eliza Dushku isn't up to the task. She's a beautiful woman and does have some acting skill, but she possesses what you could call a "limited instrument". Dushku is like a female Mark Wahlberg. If you put her in a role that's suited to her, she can be quite effective. When you ask her to do things beyond her comfort zone, she noticeably flounders. Here, Dushku is playing a complex character who dominates the entire narrative and there are absolutely no levels to her performance, no depth of subtlety to her acting, which wouldn't be so bad if the film were trashy and melodramatic or if there was another major character to carry the storytelling load. But Megan Paige is the heart and soul of this attempt at dark and serious drama and Dushku cannot pull it off. She doesn't need to be ashamed or embarrassed by her work, but she's like a career AAA minor leaguer who doesn't have the game to make it in the Major Leagues.The ending of this film is also one of those where even if you did like the movie, it will leave you disappointed and unsatisfied. Nothing is resolved and you're left wondering why you bothered to watch The Alphabet Killer in the first place. Dushku is one of the producers of this movie and, following the rule of Producer Self-Nudity, she does show off her upper front. Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans might enjoy those scant few seconds. The film is also reasonably well written and the rest of the cast are fine, though again, none of them are given anything interesting or significant to do.It's unfair to blame one person for the failure of a motion picture, yet there's nothing else to do in this case. If an exceptional actress had been cast in the main role, The Alphabet Killer might have turned out to be something worth watching. One wasn't, so it's not.

to act like it deals with the supernatural when it really doesn't. Detective Megan Paige becomes obsessed with a child murder. The girl's initials are the same letter and her body is left in a town that starts with the same letter. During investigations, she sees the dead girl, sees hands appear, hears whispers. She is diagnosed as schizo and is relegated to a desk job. The movie says it is based on a true story. The movie tries to depict Megan was haunted by ghosts. So, was this detective really schizo in real life? A couple of years go by, and a couple more murders take place. She is allowed to tag alone but not interfere due to her mental state. Wouldn't want evidence thrown out. That part was ridiculous to me. There is no way the police would allow a mental case who was obsessed with this killer interview witnesses. She starts seeing the dead girls and hears things again. Another silly moment is when the police don't stop her from entering this house during a hostage situation. All they do is yell don't go in there, she just walks right in. Simply not believable.Then according to the film, she finds out who the killer was but gets sent back to the psych ward and medicated so she can't tell anyone. Now, you know that never happened. The worst part about this movie is it trying to claim it's based on true events.FINAL VERDICT: This would have been better as a ghost story and not played as based on actual events.