EarDelightBase Waste of Money.

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Robert J. Maxwell It's a Canadian made-for-TV movie about a psychiatrist (Amick), a detective (Phillips), and a serial killer (?).It's about what you'd expect, nothing more and nothing less. If this continues, the fantasy world of TV and movie will have more serial killers than victims.They all seem to have some kind of game they play with the agents of social control. There have been -- let me think -- serial killers who leave clues based on Alice in Wonderland, the seven deadly sins, the arrangement of stars in the cosmos, and the number of Hedy Lammar's marriages. Well, I just made that last one up, but you get the picture. This serial killer plays a game called hangman, which I've forgotten how to play, so the tensest scenes made little sense.But then the entire movie doesn't make much sense -- something about acquiring valuable land and a conspiracy between a killer and someone we thought battened on probity.Lou Diamond Phillips as the detective stands out because of his australopithecine features and his cheerfully flat delivery. Madchen Amick is notable because of her name. It so -- so -- TEUTONIC.The ending seems to leave an opening for a sequel, but I can't believe that. You probably won't remember the movie for long after you've watched it.

caa821 Sometimes I get the impression when the produces/director/cast/crew for the "made-for-tv" movies cross the border into Canada (as they often do,), some sort or ray or odorless gas descends upon them -- causing movies to be less than they otherwise should be.Some of them (unfortunately, all too few) should be excellent, but are only "good;" those which should be good, turn-out only "fair;" and so on.This one could have been "O.K," or "fair." But it was pretty bad.The performances were fairly good, and the actors/characters somewhat engaging. But an average story went downhill as events progressed, and the ending was contrived, a bit silly, and about the most boring and unimaginative in the history of film-- in Canada or anywhere else.

Jack the Ripper1888 This movie smells like something that has been sitting on the shelf for a long, long time and is finally being brought down. HANGMAN is one of the worst suspense thrillers that I have ever seen. It isn't even thrilling. Or interesting. Nothing about this tripe is good. None of it. The "twists" at the end were stupid too. There wasn't even a good final blowout. Instead it just ends with Lou Diamond Philips walking off into the distance. There is very little originality. It is just the same as many of those other cop movies that we see. Killer kills people and two cops must team up with the hott witness who can help them find the killer. Same old, same old. The best parts of the entire movie were probably the sex scenes. Don't see this. The back of the box makes it sound like some good scary suspense movie. What it is, is a steaming pile of dog s*** disguised as a movie.....1/5.

decelle This film has to get it from the actors and the story. No shooting, speeding cars or supermans. Allthough there are some gaps in the scenario, the films is above the other serial killer movies. According to other comments the end is disappointing, I found the end plot rather original,surprising and making sense when you look back on the whole film.The actors act very sober but that makes the movie believable.