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Sanctimony |
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Casper Van Dien's smooth, impassive face is well suited to playing a sociopath. He's Tom Turner, a successful stock trader with a sideline in serial murder, dubbed "The Monkey Maker" because he cuts either the eyes, the ears, or the tongue from his victims. Michael Paré (Eddie and the Cruisers) and Jennifer Rubin (The Crush) are two cops on his trail. There's nothing original about Sanctimony--from its dynamic opening credits to its blood-spattered end, it's ripped off from Seven and American Psycho, and it explicitly makes reference to The Silence of the Lambs--and yet, despite its messy plot and cheesy dialogue, there's a rambunctious, nonstop energy that keeps the movie watchable. Maybe it's the aggressive eye-candy editing, the color-saturated lighting, or the constant camera movement; maybe it's the efficiency of the scenes; maybe it's the low-key competence of the acting, but Sanctimony seems like a modern, straight-to-video version of a B movie, a low-budget flick that made up in ingenuity what it lacked in budget. It doesn't have the psychological rigor of a classic film noir, but it moves along solidly and will appeal to thriller fans. Also featuring Eric Roberts (Star 80, The Pope of Greenwich Village) in an unusually straightforward role as a no-nonsense police lieutenant. --Bret Fetzer
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