Mindhunter, Review by Jeff (Netflix)
October 22, 2017 6:06 am | 1 Comment
Mindhunter, Review by Jeff
Mindhunter is a new Netflix show based on the book Mindhunter by former FBI Special Agent John Douglas. The show is based on the F.B.I. and the establishment of the Behavioral Science Division in the late 1970s. This is the team in the FBI that is responsible for the term serial killer and home to the profilers that have become famous for their ability to build psychological profiles of murderers. This profiling has led to the investigations of and arresting of many of the worlds most devious and evil killers. The show stars Jonathan Goff (Frozen, American Sniper) as Special Agent Holden Ford, Holt McCallany (Fight Club, Alien3) as Special Agent Bill Tench and Anna Torv (Fringe) as Wendy Carr, the civilian sociologist on the team. The show also has the characterizations of notorious serial killers Edmund Kemper, Richard Speck, and Dennis Radar also known as the Bind Torture Kill (BTK) killer.I am a true crime addict and spend much of my time reading books such as Mindhunter and listening to podcasts on true crime when I am not listening to Pop Culture Leftovers. I do place a lot of hard criticism on shows such as this because many times the real stories require no extra creative writing to make the stories interesting. The shows first ten minutes grip you into the story with a very graphic and surprising beginning that will be sure to give you a reason to watch the entire first episode. This is good because without it I do not believe I would have watched the entire first episode as the lack of interesting story for the remained of the episode left me feeling doubtful that the show was going to be worth any more time. I am satisfied that the writers made a great decision because I was fully addicted to the show by the end of the second episode and have not been able to stop watching the show since.The development of the teams methods of establishing the psychological profiling techniques through interviews with some of the worlds most horrific killers leaves you with wanting to know more and more about not only the murderers themselves but the long hard climb the team had to convince not only the local authorities that their methods were worth the effort but also the internal cause for pause of the FBI leadership itself. The clear impact of the work they do on the agents is so well written and acted that I found myself arguing with the screen at moments in the show. This draw of emotional reaction that the show creates and mixed with Special Agents Ford and Tench ability to work the suspects and incarcerated killers by interrogation techniques that even modern law enforcement can learn from had me hanging on every moment.I am almost finished with season one and will be sad when it is over and be looking forward to the second season. I give this show a “High Taste It”! It missed a Tupperware only because of the lack of continuous intrigue throughout the entire first episode. This might make those not as interested in true crime as I am a reason to maybe bail on the show before it gets rolling. Place Mindhunter on your list of binge shows and take the time one weekend to sit and watch this exciting and true-life drama about one of the FBI’s most effective and celebrated divisions.
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This post was written by Leftover Brian
This fucking guy! who fucking cares what he thinks! Bring on the Star Trek reviews!!!! Thanks for posting my review guys!