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In 1984, with offender profiling becoming accepted practice, FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier (Elijah Wood) arranged a Florida Death Row sit-down with Ted Bundy (Luke Kirby), the charismatic sociopath who'd confessed to 30 homicides committed during his infamous '70s spree. The multiple interviews and strange bond with his subject that would follow-right up to the eve of Bundy's 1989 execution-form the basis of this chilling study; Robert Patrick, Aleksa Palladino co-star. 100 min. Widescreeen; Soundtrack: English.
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.3 x 5 x 0.2 inches; 2.24 ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Amber Sealey
Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Subtitled
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 40 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ October 19, 2021
Actors ‏ : ‎ Elijah Wood|Luke Kirby|Aleksa Palladino|Robert Patrick
Studio ‏ : ‎ IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09BLFWWYZ
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
Reviewer: Josh
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A good character drama full of subtext
Review: I'll have to make this review quick since I'm sick, and my thoughts are more scatter shot than they usually are.This is a fantastic character study of the last few years of Ted Bundy. What this mostly means- for the casual viewer- is that there is a significant focus on acting and dialogue and not much else. It's really sad a movie like this wouldn't get released in theaters today. It feels like a play- I couldn't help but think of Frost/Nixon as I watched it. Their both very similar films. The focus is on two characters and how they come together to create a significant historical event.I vaguely remember the day Bundy was put to death in the chair. It was on the news everywhere. Even though I was 7 or 8. I have recollections of the footage which is shown in the film of the camp out going on outside the prison and the crowd singing that Dave Clark Five song "Sha Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye."There was a pretty good Ted Bundy film on Netflix as well about the trial. "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile." I feel it's probably what re- emerged Ted Bundy in the popular consciousness over the last few years- I could be wrong but it was for me anyway and there seems to be a lot of stuff about Bundy since then.I think this is a good companion piece to that. It shows how charming Ted Bundy could be, and how he could make it hard for some at the time to believe he did the things he was accused of. If I remember it also made it pretty clear he did it. I did not know before, that I can remember, that he admitted to his crimes in the final days. But maybe somewhere I had known that and just forgot.This film did a great job at showing some interesting facets into Bundy's psyche. I don't know if they're real or made up for drama- but they imply in the film that Bundy knew the evil he perpetrated and maybe even felt some form of bad about it. Not necessarily felt like he was wrong- it's not entirely clear to me but I don't think he felt that emotion. But he did sense that he wanted to do the things he did and so he chose to do it. Which is of course the sickest part of it. But the film suggests some form of consciousness of this behavior and a revelry Ted Bundy felt that only he knew what really happened.I have minor complaints- I don't think the soundtrack is very good. I get what they are going for, a distorted mix of sense giving a sense of chaos but it doesn't entirely work for me. I think the performances are able to get past that, though so it's only minor.I also find Elijah Wood as Bill Hagmaier is a stretch. It's unfortunate really for Elijah Wood, but some of us will look young until we hit our 50s I suppose and there was a time it seemed all adults seemed old. Elijah Wood always looks strange in a role where he's playing a professional adult. Maybe it's why he does so well when he plays serial killers? I'm not sure. Luckily he's a good actor, and while at times I think Luke Kirby's performance is doing regular paces around Elijah Wood overall that kind of works for the role given that Ted Bundy fancied himself smarter than everyone else in the room so it gives a credibility to the character study overall.A lot may enjoy this film for the serial killer fascination they have, but I think this one doubles as a good film if you enjoy acting as well. A large portion of the film is heavily relying on subtext- this is something Ted Bundy was notorious for. He would often admit to his crimes without ever saying anything about it. The film captures that very well.However, there are, at times, confusing things that happen. They talk about Bundy's subtext, but in the room it was unclear they were talking about crimes he was accused of. It was common knowledge that he said he wanted to help solve the murders- because he proclaimed his innocence until the final week. It was a part of his ego that he wanted law enforcement to come to him for help in solving these crimes. But, a few times near the beginning of the film, it wasn't actually clear to me that they were discussing crimes Bundy was accused of in a way as if he could help solve who did them and why.Maybe it's because I'm sick so I was not quick enough to follow. These are really nitpicks.Overall, a solid film.

Reviewer: Christina Reynolds
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Lives Beyond Otherwise Constraining Means
Review: My rating is more of a 3.5Thanks for reading!𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅.No Man of God is a 2021 American crime mystery film directed by Amber Sealey and written by C. Robert Cargill. It is based on real life transcripts selected from conversations between serial killer Ted Bundy and FBI Special Agent Bill Hagmaier that happened between 1984 and 1989, and the complicated relationship that formed between them during Bundy's final years on death row.For a genre inundated with attempts to explain away criminality, 𝑵𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 is a welcomed divergence; still concerned with Ted Bundy's disposition and musings, Sealey’s feature highlights his lesser-known relationship with FBI profiler Bill Hagmaier: both in the earliest years of this particular science being developed in the context of law enforcement and while the general public waited eagerly for Bundy to die via execution. Likely owing to Hagmaier’s own contributions in terms of insight (Which naturally informs Wood’s performance), there is an obvious fixation on the rapport established on his behalf with Ted, perhaps to a fault. It is heavily implied that Bundy only divulged information of relevance to this agent, and this is of course disproved by the hoard of interviews that can be found online featuring him, though 𝑵𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅’s discourse better dramatizes Bundy’s intuitive desire to manipulate individuals as a means to an end and divvy out his self-proclaimed “intellect” in fixated amounts to his own advantage.(Perhaps unintentionally, 𝑵𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 introduces the topic of the “Green River Killer” as one that Hagmaier brought to Bundy’s attention (For the purposes of “getting his opinion”), when the latter had reached out to detectives on his own accord to offer them unprompted; that said, it is likely that Hagmaier and Bundy discussed this case at one point since he was at large for fourteen years in spite of the “help” Bundy provided (Many of his “insights” about Gary Ridgeway ended up being accurate), but without any background the interactions surrounding this subject seem to be brought up arbitrarily)It's challenging enough to manage 𝑵𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅’s material in a respectful or reasonable manner, much less an entertaining one. Most of the “action” here consists of verbal exchanges - though sometimes heated, they are often matter-of-fact or unremarkable - requiring more in the way of set design amongst other things to authenticate what transpires with anticipatory elements. Luckily, cinematographer Karina Silva proves fluent when it comes to what can be obscured and revealed through mere angles and position alone: as Hagmaier’s digs more deeply there is less need for obscurity, secondarily lending to a certain personableness that makes every syllable produced by his subject all the more discomforting -Which, uttered by Luke Kirby scratches an itch that may otherwise be flouncy or sensationalist. A need to transparently mirror Ted’s need to feel in control of his interactions informs his performance to a tee, culminating in an influx of showmanship that may be otherwise indictable as a shameless impression. What Kirby produces is far more than modified ticks and inflections, as these pale in comparison to the superficiality of Bundy’s personality that is hallmarked in most (If not all) of his publicized interactions; one need not look far to see why 𝑵𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅’s primary subject of interest feels like he is auditioning for something or putting on an act the entire time given Bundy’s pattern of elusiveness (Via conflicting stories or incomplete ones) both while out of prison and confined.Directed from the point of view of a woman, naturally 𝑵𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 preoccupied with much more than dissecting the nature of Ted's work or peeling the scandalized Bundy onion just for the hell of it. Though using supposition in some part to do so, Sealey gives Ted's victims a presence they've otherwise never had on screen, going the extra mile in holding their murderer responsible for his crimes. Herein lies the real cherry on type that would have her subject rolling in his grave, mostly evidenced by the fact that his execution was largely prolonged due to his strategic divulging of information related to his crimes in combination with his refusal to plead guilty in any capacity to them; given the fact he had escaped from prison on at least two occasions it is likely that he always thought he had more time, and here he gets robbed of any comfort predicated in such thoughts.All that said, 𝑵𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 still showcases a ‘humanized’ version of Bundy short of any undue sympathy or interests unaligned with the families or communities impacted by his actions. By the time it was determined that Bundy was definitely going to be executed said families no longer cared for the details regarding their loved ones that were being withheld from them for stalling the purposes of stalling; in conjunction with the nonchalant way in which this fictionalized Hagmaier emphasizes personal choices and a foolish excess in pride as being the cause of Bundy’s actions - and, ironically reveals that his subject isn’t impervious to the same manipulation he used for evil - this is a blow to an insatiable ego that feels ultimately deserved.Ultimately, 𝑵𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 has many things on its mind and conscious relative to how much the entirety of Bundy can be reconciled as “normal” in spite of the pathological behavior he displayed for the larger part of his life. That said, it is curious choice to neglect driving home the fact that his inflated sense of self-importance played a significant role in his death warrant being signed expeditiously in light of his established knack for breadcrumbing the larger part of people in law enforcement tasked with the assignment of “cracking” him while he was incarcerated; in fact, Bundy was so driven to exert his will over the perception others had of him that his last words were used to request that “his love be extended to his friends and family”. Nonetheless, given the satisfaction Ted found in showing people both different sides of himself what 𝑵𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 doesn’t consider or reveal with unchecked confidence can only be help so high up over its head: it’s playing the same old song and dance of morbid curiosity that fans of true crime relish in, staunchly indebted to parcels of self-discovery that most people would describe as discerning all the same.

Reviewer: West Virginia Woolf
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Hagmaier's Story Needed to Be Told!
Review: We've seen all the movie Teds, and Luke Kirby's pre-execution Ted is by far the best. He captures Bundy's look and mannerisms to a T, but his portrayal goes so much deeper than that. Clearly the actor has a handle on the dark inner workings of the killer's mind, and that's no easy task! A lot has been done on Bundy, but Bill Hagmaier's story needed to be told! His insight into Bundy's psychopathy is unparalleled. Also, for years I've thought about Dobson's bogus interview and how it ate into the time of legitimate investigators looking for answers for grieving families. The interactions with the pompous TV therapist needed to be commemorated accurately on film. Dobson did do good work in the battle against child pornography; he just didn't do any good here. While pornography never did Ted any good, either, it didn't make him into the monster that he was. This film, so well acted, offers much-needed clarity to the character of a serial killer without being lurid. It also has some surprising things to say about faith, what it is, and what it isn't. Kirby deserves an Oscar for this performance!

Reviewer: Dover oneill
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: It was a great movie

Reviewer: Barry Zunneberg
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great film and actor lm very happy with the seller and product and the delivery is fast.