Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

lastliberal This movie grabs you from the beginning as something that is original and daring. It is not just another police/serial killer drama, but one that is well worth watching despite the fact that it is in German.With haunting music by Michl Britsch, songs by Nadeshda Brennicke, and brilliant cinematography by Hagen Bogdanski (how can you not be brilliant when filming in Germany, one of the most beautiful countries on Earth?), you will quickly forget the language barrier and enjoy.The acting in this film is among the finest I have seen.You will see things during the police interrogation that you have never seen before.The intricate cat and mouse between the rural policeman and the rapist/serial killer is captivating. The line between good and evil is thoroughly analyzed and tested to the point where you are not sure of it's location.The last twenty minutes...what a treasure to watch!

rstef1 Fine thriller that ostensibly tells the story of the capture and interrogation of a serial killer of young boys. However, the film is really about so much more than that. It tackles issues like how life in a small village can be disrupted for years by a single murder, and how the inhabitants cope in the aftermath. It also covers the strained relationship between townspeople and the local constabulary, as well as how a small town officer fares when dealing with big city police investigators, some of whom do not appreciate his assistance.On a larger scale, it ponders the place of religion in modern society, especially as it pertains to the nature of good and evil. Can evil infect and ultimately corrupt the good and innocent? Does Catholicism help or hurt the fervent believer? Is there room for religious belief in modern times? The movie presents all this in a Silence of the Lambs-type package that looks great, is beautifully acted, sometimes shocking and well paced for its over 2 hour run time. In German with English subtitles.

poe426 A strong hero is mandatory in this kind of movie; after all, no self-respecting serial killer would bother to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent... "Just believing in our innocence isn't enough," the put-upon, part-time policeman observes at one point. The killer, warming to his favorite subject (the rape and murder of little boys), says, of one young victim: "The boy was beautiful. A little angel of darkness." His contention that even kids can be criminally cruel (he recounts his own torture at the hands of others) is a deeply disturbing but profound observation. "Man was never a beast," a priest states matter-of-factly. Uh-huh. Check out ANTIBODIES and see for yourself.

lasttimeisaw A very decent German film, the police caught a notorious serial killer who had cruelly murdered a dozen of young children's lives. But the police needed the proof, so they called on a rural policeman who had been investigated in a previous murder case that the killer killed a young girl at his village.Then the policeman and the killer played a typical mental game to obtain their goals, the killer set a trap and almost managed to mislead the policeman do one regretful thing, but no worries, finally there's a happy ending.I love the beginning of the film when the police enclosed the building where the killer resided, and the action scene is simple but wonderful! The middle part is a tedious, but the suspenseful atmosphere is good, and the tense in the end is well-handled. especially the lovely deer, a truly amazing grace! The film put enough amount of effort on the relationship between father and son. Even between the closest persons, suspicion still can occur, human beings are suspicious, that's the poor human nature, no matter how we love each other, we can not be total trustful to each other, it's an almost unreachable level which I am so eager to reach, but I know it's impossible, we are troublemakers and sometimes are too confident and sometimes are so vulnerable to give up.All in all, this film seems to be a little bit too long for 130 mins, the acting is fine but Andre Hennicke's performance is too over as the freaky killer. you can watch it if you like criminal story, if not you can save your time then.