Blue Caprice (2013)

Blue Caprice: Directed by Alexandre Moors. With Tequan Richmond, April Yvette Thompson, Isaiah Washington, Abner Expósito. An abandoned boy is lured to America and drawn into the shadow of a dangerous father figure. Inspired by the real-life events that led to the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks.

“A well shot, moodily scored and impressively acted indie from last year, Blue Caprice is also a frustratingly cold film that in the end misses the mark in such a way that you just canu0026#39;t help but wish you were more affected by a story that is all different types of sad and horrific in equal measure.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlexandre Moors film looks to delve into the events leading up to the tragic 2002 Beltway Sniper shootings around the USA that led to the deaths of 10 innocent civilians at the hands of John Muhammad and Lee Malvo. It must be noted that these events Moors displays in the film are largely dramatizations as facts concerning the two men remain sadly blurred. With the blurring of these facts and fictions the films growth as a narrative does suffer as what we are presented with is a strangely generic telling of a true story that is anything but. While moments in the film are at times extremely shocking and confronting theyu0026#39;re merely short bursts of memorable material that quickly dissipates back to slow moving and uninvolving instances – these moments of quality are made increasingly more annoying due to the films many other affective sums not adding up to a satisfying whole.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSeasoned actor Isaiah Washington has rarely, if ever, been better than he is here in a role that must of required quite a lot of mental and emotional stress on his behalf. The character of John is a role that features much pent up rage and at times evil that Washington cleverly plays to and is backed up by a very assured performance from young actor Tequan Richmond as his surrogate son Lee. Lee is a boy whose lot in life has left him scarily low choices to make and Richmond does a fine job at displaying this sad boy and also excels at the moments where a boy becomes more than that and becomes a monster. Sarah Neufeld and Colin Stetsonu0026#39;s affective score must also be commended here as a haunting accompanying piece to a growing terror.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA well-made movie yet undeniably cold and at times to distant for its own good Blue Caprice is an interesting look into an horrific situation that you get the feeling will one day be turned into a much bigger and affecting big screen treatment.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e3 combat handbooks out of 5 u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor more movie reviews and opinions check into – u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ewww.jordanandeddie.wordpress.com”