Lonely Heart Bandits

"Lonely Hearts Bandits" has a plot that is really interesting and unique. Sadly, however the execution of the script is a problem...with indifferent direction, some occasionally poor acting and a few disappointments when it comes to writing.

The story is somewhat reminiscent of the sick film "The Honeymoon Killers"...a low budget picture about a pair of true life serial killers. The guy would romance women and then he and his real wife would murder them and take whatever money they could. In the case of "Lonely Heart Bandits", it's not based on a real case and comes from Republic Pictures.

Tony and Louise are a couple grifters who meet and form an instant attraction. Louise has been doing some petty thefts of men who she's met through a lonely hearts organization and Tony suggests they could make a LOT more by him romancing lonely people and then killing them for their money! Unfortunately, these con artists turn out to be really, really stupid...and therefore quite easy to catch!

This SHOULD have been a very exciting B-movie. Instead, a few times the acting was so bad that it took me out of the film...and the way the crooks were caught seemed amazingly easy. To make things worse, the story then had a happy ending which seemed really far-fetched. I'd say more but don't want to spoil the twist at the end if you haven't seen it.