Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Antibodies (2005)



I have to admit, when I read about this on Rue Morgue, it almost sound just like "Silence of the Lamb".  But being a fan of psycho-thrillers, I had to check it out.  And I have to say, it's better than I expected.
The movie is about a small town cop name Michael Martens, who lives in the country side of Germany.  The town folks caught news that police have caught killer who had murdered a little girl in their town.  So Michael is sent to the big city to interrogate serial killer Gabriel Engel, who had admitted to killing 12 boys.
Gabriel Engel is one sick individual.  Most of his victims are 13 yr old boys.  He paints portraits with his victims blood.  And in one scene, he gets turned on when talking about his killings.  He also plays mind games, which upsets the police department.
When Michael and Gabriel meet, Gabriel sets some rules for Michael if he expects him to get a answer.  Gabriel wants to know every detail about Michael's personal life.  But Michael refuses to play his game.  He asks Engel if he killed the little girl, but Engel denies it.  Gabriel then tries to give Michael some clues of who murderer was.
Back home, Michael dealing with some problems with his marriage and his son, who happens to be showing signs of a serial killer.  Michael is also haunted of the memories of when he found the dead body.  He's hoping to find some closure when he knows the killer has been captured.  He goes into Gabriel's apartment and found the underwear that belonged to the dead girl.  While the lab was looking for semen samples, Michael becomes shocked when he finds out about the result.
I really have to say that the ending was really heart-bumping.  A great performance by Andre Hennicke.  And the script by director Christian Alvert was greet, too.  Totally recommended if you're a fan of psycho-thrillers.  Believe me, this will have you glued to the screen.

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