Damaged

"Evil is closer than you think."

A Chicago detective travels to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.

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jw@jw

February 4, 2025

# Waste of time. Don't waste yours

## The good bits:

* Filmed in Scotland, in Edinburgh;

* you get to hear the accent (and twinkle of Scots even).

## The so-so bits:

* Yet another gruesome-serial-killer yarn. The "twist" isn't new either.

* Experienced actors (not just the two internationally known ones on the movie poster) earning their pay.

## The bad: plot and direction

* a non-thrilling "thriller".

* There is no "aha moment", and even if you didn't the resolution coming miles away, it was lacking tension.

* and the actors seem not to have been directed much beyond saying their lines, so it's very uneven in acting quality.

* gruesome murder scenes and corpses without use. Some people may get their kicks from such things, but it provided no benefit to the story.

## The worst:

* uneven pacing

* overlong in many places, the story overstays its welcome

## summary:

Yet another waste of talent, money, time, and potential.