Movies about Serial Killers have always interested me. Whether it be a fictional film, biography film or a documentary. I'm in. After watching the trailer for Dahmer, a movie about the Serial Killer Jeffery Dahmer. I was sucked in and I didn't want to get out. I always like to read the reviews before I watch the movies then I compare my thoughts to them. It got nothing but bad reviews except for possibly 2.
I am really happy I ignored the reviews because I loved it. I don't know how anyone can watch it without being glued to the T.v. screen. Right in the beginning of the movie it says "On February 15Th, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years of federal prison. The following story was inspired by events from his life. Certain characters and events are fictional."
We're then introduced to Jeffery Dahmer while he's working in his factory job making Chocolate bars. The film is more of a psychological portrait, rather than a chronological retelling of Dahmer's life as a Serial Killer and it doesn't focus primarily on the actual killings themselves.
Dahmer's first kill in the movie was a Asian boy named Khamtay. He talks him into coming over to his apartment to take some pictures by offering to buy him shoes that he had his eyes on. They settle in Jeffery's living room watching T.v. while Dahmer spikes his drink to put Khamtay into a sedated state. Once the boy is out cold, Dahmer begins to have his way with him. Later on, he awakens and tries to escape Dahmer's apartment while he was out shopping but didn't get very far.
He reaches two young girls and they try to help him and explain to the cops that they don't think he'll be safe with Dahmer. The police ignore the girl's warning and tell them to leave. They take Khamtay back to Dahmer's apartment despite the way Dahmer was acting and not noticing the drill holes on the side of his head. After the police leave the boys, Khamtay falls victim to Dahmer's fatal occupation.
The movie continues with flash backs of Dahmer's life while living with his Grandmother and the relationship with his Father. We witness Dahmer's first kill in his life at the age of 18 years old. A boy by the name of Lance Bell that he picked up to smoke weed with. Dahmer decides to kill Lance because he was trying to leave and he didn't want Lance to go. He cuts up Lance's body to put in Black plastic bags so he can dispose of the evidence. The killing of Lance Bell showed the most blood but it wasn't too graphic.
Switched back to present day, Dahmer heads to a knife shop, looking to buy a knife and he meets another boy named Rodney. He invites Rodney over to his apartment to drink some beers and because Rodney is stupid, agrees to tag along. He stop at a club so Rodney can pick up some money from a dude that owed him some. Dahmer chooses to stay outside since the last time he was in that club he got kicked out for spiking the male costumer's drinks and raping them.
They finally get back to Dahmer's apartment and they begin to drink and socialize. Sadly for Dahmer, he didn't have enough pills he uses to sedate his victims to put in Rodney's drink. The movie continues to go back and forth from the flashback of 1978 and present day. It's back to 1978 and Dahmer's dad, Lionel Dahmer is yelling at Jeffrey because he wants him to open his old box that Jeffrey has, but doesn't want to since he has a human head hidden inside it. Lionel tries to send Jeffrey to a shrink but that doesn't solve anything.
In present day Rodney is still at Dahmer's apartment, drunk and not feeling well. He tries to leave but Dahmer tackles him to the couch but ends up realizing him after Rodney pulls a knife on him. About maybe 20 mins or so, Rodney comes back because he really fell for Jeffrey. Can you blame Rodney? Who wouldn't fall for him, look at that smile! Dahmer's second attempt to kill Rodney was by strangling him with Rodney's belt but doesn't succeed and Rodney escapes and throws a rock at his window while running way.
It goes back to 1978 for one last time and shows Jeffrey walking through the woods and the movie ends with the closing lines "After serving two years of his life sentence, Jeffrey Dahmer was attacked and killed by another inmate. He died on November 28Th, 1994, at the age of 34." The movie left out how Jeffrey was a cannibal and showed him only killing 2 boys when he killed much more then that.
Instead of being a movie solely based on Dahmer's crime spree, it takes on more of a psychological feel while taking a look into Jeffrey's life and his way of thinking. Jeremy Renner's portrayal of Jeffrey Dahmer was amazing. You can't watch his performance of Dahmer and not feel bad for the guy. He draws you in by being very charismatic. It's very hard to think that behind that killer smile is an actual killer. His performance made me feel bad for Dahmer and made me think, well maybe if he had more friends and was accepted by everyone then he wouldn't of done this.
No matter how many friends he had and who accepted him, he was still going to kill people. I do not believe someone can just snap out of the blue and start murdering people. There would of had to be something wrong with you upstairs since childhood and possibly birth to make you that way. I really enjoyed this movie a lot and thought it was tastefully done. One of the reviewers said this movie was soft core porn. Hahaha! No, it's not. She should look up soft core porn, she'd be amazed at what she sees. I do wish they would of added more of his killings and showed how he was a cannibal. Other then that, the movie was awesome. I give this movie 4 out of 5 Skulls.
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