Keith Gordon (1)

Bafflingly inferior to the TV series, to the point where it feels like the filmmakers didn't grasp why the original was so brilliant. Baffling because Dennis Potter wrote the screenplay -- though it's likely there were significant changes in the decade between when he wrote it and when it was made. It feels more like karaoke or a jukebox musical, where the songs are randomly shoehorned in without any particular purpose.

Small town Minnesotans get involved in a gang war.

Good. I don't care about these characters the way I did with season one, but the story's ambitious enough to stay fairly exciting.

The serial killer who kills other killers tries to make a friend.

Much better than season two, but that's not too hard. The show's pretty much become a parody of itself.

Concept: C
Story: D
Characters: B
Dialog: F
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: C

Enjoyment: C plus

GPA: 2.0/4