Murder at First Swipe

I saw this last night and was surprised at how much it stuck with me. A very powerful film which portrays the incompetence of the police and the determination of the family members of the victims.

It was easy to follow as the documentary seemed to cover most aspects, each victims segment was explained in detail from family members and witnesses to then smartly intertwine other aspects such as experts explaining the drugs and the impact they can have on you.

I felt so heartbroken when the victims mother at the end said about staying safe online and that it better to be safe than sorry.

All in all a very powerful film that really follows you after you watch it.

Having watched this documentary I am at a loss over its intent. It didn't provide any real information that was not already available. It really digs in at the police who made mistakes, however you can see why they made the assumptions they did. The anonymous victim story, was just shameful and is the reason why lgbtq people are stereotyped and treated unjustly.

There was lots of dramatic camera moments which just all seemed pointless. Like a cat playing with a mouse, what was that all about. All in all a show that just shows all the witnesses to be very foolish, and the victims families to be courageous, having to fight to prove the truth.

Don't expect any new information from this.

So so good! Never cried for basically 2 hours straight. Both emotional and angry at the same time. The Met Police are useless and homophobic, if I got arrested I'd just be treat like a gay drugged up street worker and ignored by the police. And if I died I'd be treat like a gay drugged up street worker and just 'well least thats one down.' with no evidence. Not to give too much away, to shut a scene down after someone is dead and just say he's an overdosed gay boy and think no more about it.

An absolute must watch! Very well told and recreated. Tells a story I hadn't even heard about before, and would never have expected to still be happening in this day and age, and tells it perfectly.

It's a good update to the BBC documentary from a few years back.

However, one thing that struck me as strange was the title. Love at First Swipe... that thing you do on Tinder. Not Grindr. Which then made me think, well what a silky mistake. But really it's not silly, it's actually quite disrespectful. Completely misunderstanding a rather relevant difference about your subject matter and heteronormalising the title to appeal to a wider audience.

It probably didn't need to be 96 minutes, only about the last 30 provided interesting and new information from what's already been covered in other reports.

I watched this after a recommendation from a friend. I had seen a drama about this case before so didn't expect to learn much. I couldn't have been more wrong. It was so interesting right from the start. The people interviewed tell you about so many things that got missed or ignored. I felt so sad listening to their stories and hearing their frustrations. The anonymous victim was so brave to speak out and really important to hear from. He might have died if he had done things differently. It really made me think about things. The most shocking thing for me was seeing what the police had said in their investigation documents. Absolutely disgusting and more men were allowed to be murdered because of them.