Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

Fernsehfilm
2000
Unrated
2 Std. 10 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,5/10

9923

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Crime Documentary

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThe case of the West Memphis Three, its questionable circumstances and the parties involved are followed up years later.The case of the West Memphis Three, its questionable circumstances and the parties involved are followed up years later.The case of the West Memphis Three, its questionable circumstances and the parties involved are followed up years later.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,5/10

9923

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Für 1 Primetime Emmy nominiert
- 2 Gewinne & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Wissenswertes
The only film of the trilogy to be a TV project instead of receive a theatrical release.

Patzer
At one point the on-screen date for a trial scene is listed as January of 1993. The murders didn't occur until May of that year.

Verbindungen
Featured in Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)

Soundtracks
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Performed by Metallica
Written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett
Produced by Flemming Rasmussen with Metallica

Benutzerrezensionen25

Ausgewählte Rezension

6/10

weaker follow-up

Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr., and Jason Baldwin were convicted in 1994 for the murder of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. It's 1999 and Damien has his final appeal in front of Judge David Burnett. The popularity of the original documentary has inspired support group, Free the West Memphis Three. Cameras are no longer allowed in the court. Of the victims' family, only John Mark Byers is cooperating with the filmmakers and he has a lot to say. He also has had a lot of legal problems. His wife died in 1996. He takes a lie detector test in front of the camera. The defense team seems to be concentrating on bite marks on the boys.

Byers is a big part of this follow-up. He's a very odd character and the movie is trying to make him suspicious. It's a lot of innuendos. Without being able to film the court proceedings, this is left without its main narrative. It becomes obviously one-sided. The support group adds very little to overwhelming need of this sequel. It needs to solve the murders or get the West Memphis Three out. This achieves neither. This could have been a shorter film to update the situation.