The Ritual Killer

This could have been an amazing movie but they didn't have the budget or the script. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to waste their money 💰 damn. It made no sense and SVU had more intense dialogue and character building. Come on this could have been excellent but the script failed them! The ending was also weird and what was the point of the rome scenes? You never tied them into the movie at all!

Whoever wrote this should be ashamed and poor actors.... They did their best but every scene fell short. It is so sad to see 🙈

I felt embarrassed for the cast and staff.... Director and writers be ashamed be very ashamed!

In the past serial killer - thriller movies there has always been some sort of tension or high drama to keep the movie flowing and interesting. Not in this one. Morgan mostly has bit parts here and there and is basically guest starring in this role for hype only.

His history of good performances is used to bolster this film but there just isn't enough action in this to carry much water. A few chase scenes and that's about it.

A decent story and good opening, but fizzles out rather quickly and all the actors are just going through the motions. Predictable and straightforward and not much really to write about. Could have been a lot worse, but held my interest for a while. No twists, no turns, just a basic a-b-c cop vs killer movie. 3/10, no more than that.

It's definitely a B movie. Like full B. Not sure why Morgan chose to be in this, but he works in his part. This full-fledged B movie has medium to lower side production quality, many plot and editing issues and a flimsy plot with violence.

In all honesty it's not that bad, but it's just not very good. The overall plot is actually a little interesting, ritual murders to gain power by killing innocent people. I think with a bigger budget, more takes (no scene has more than 2-3 most likely) and better, more thought out direction this could have been much better.

I won't be writing any spoilers here, but watch til the end. Overall, it's a basic murder plot and you know Vernon Davis (ex 49er hall of fame tight end) is the bad guy from the start. He's a actually not bad. Go Niners!

If you like B movies with many flaws but watchable this is for you. 5.4/10.

I watched this movie because Freeman was in it & stuck through to the end hoping that it would be good - but it was a complete waste of time. Script, dialogue, acting and pretty much everything was just so bad! Nothing made sense & there was no flow to the movie with the jump from one scene to the other being totally confusing. Sorry I've never heard or seen the main actor & after watching the movie all the way through I know why - he was just terrible! The ending was so ridiculous that we all burst out laughing. I suggest that you give this movie a miss and spend your time watching something else.

Where to begin? The dialog sounds like it was written by someone who is trying to figure out how humans speak. The physical actions - the hand gestures, facial expressions, the movements in general are off - real people don't move, gesture, look, behave like this.

It's almost like writers and director were trying to recreate Bill Shatner's stilted speaking style - overly long pregnant pauses leading into still-born "revelations" (and I use that word loosely). Or maybe they were just trying to pad a 45 minute concept out to an 80 minute movie. The cinematography is weak. Sequences are poorly framed.

There may have been a nugget of a story at the heart of this mess, but this movie doesn't know how to tell that story in an interesting manner.

It's leaden, overly long and boring. I bailed after about 35 minutes and the only reason I didn't bail sooner was that I was making my lunch.