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Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Michael_Elliott Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (1999) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Sequel to PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS takes a look at what has happened in the years since the film aired on HBO. We get interviews with the three convicted of the crime, some of their family members and a couple people working on the case but the majority of the people from the original film declined to be interviewed this time around. The exception is Mark Byers, the stepson of one of the victims who has been labeled by many to have been the real killer. The documentary really focuses on him, the mysterious death of his wife and everything that has happened since the trial. There's no question that the majority of the 130-minute running time is dedicated to Byers and the film really plays out as a mystery as more and more doubt is placed on him. As those familiar with the first film will remember, there was bits and pieces of clues that shined a spotlight on him but this film goes even further with many throwing out accusations that he killed the kids as well as his wife. As with the first film, Byers comes across as someone who isn't all there and his visual appearance makes you think he would be a killer but then the film catches you because the West Memphis Three were convicted because of their looks so by the viewer then putting down Byers because of his looks really isn't any better. Another strong point in this film is that a specialist is brought in to try and clear the three teens because he found what appears to be a bite mark on one of the victims and it's said that none of the three teens match up. PARADISE LOST 2 isn't quite as powerful as the first film simply because so many of those involved refused to be interviewed. This takes away some of the heart of the first film and the sadness. As a mystery film this here is great because you keep wondering who the killers are and then when you think you've gotten it figured out something changes and makes you realize that you're no closer than you thought. Of course, the film's finale has Byers sitting down for a lie detector test and I won't reveal the results here.

lastliberal Anyone who watched the original documentary Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills probably has serious misgivings about the guilt of the West Memphis Three. It appeared that the police and judicial system grabbed onto the easiest suspects and ignored the parent of one of the boys. Using Satanic ritual to stir up the local yokels, the grabbed three convictions with insufficient evidence.There is no doubt in this followup that Mark Byers is certifiable and a stone criminal, and most likely the true murderer.The efforts at appeal were fascinating, but the film does not give the whole story as the appeal for Echols was denied in 1999, but Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley's Rule 37 hearings (begun in the fall of 2008) will continue in Jonesboro, AR on August 10, 2009 and last for two full weeks. In addition, last month, the Arkansas Supreme Court ordered the Craighead County Circuit Court and Judge David Burnett to "correct supplemented record on appeal," requiring the lower court to include a sworn affidavit by a prominent Arkansas attorney that alleges extraordinary juror misconduct in Damien Echols's original trial.This story is not over.

jennyvac1962 I was wondering along with probably many others, why Mark Byers was the only parent hanging around. Where were the other parents of these helpless boys. I truly believe what you give out you received back. So lets hope that whoever really killed those little boys, gets what they deserve. I look at the boys in jail and think that if they really didn't do this, then why aren't they screaming at the camera of their innocence. I wouldn't be able to sit there and not cry and plead for the truth to come out. The boys lawyers have enough proof for the case to be re-opened, but nothing seems to be done. Why haven't they got the x-rays of Mark Byers teeth. Why haven't they looked into the beating he received that cost him his teeth. So many unanswered questions. Maybe they need to get a well known psychic to look into this tragedy.

CharltonBoy Paradise lost 2 is the follow up film to the first documentary about the Robin Hood Murders. This film shows us how the convicted boys have been coping since they have been in prison and how the murdered boys parents have dealt with the past few years. This film also focuses on more evidance that these boys are not guilty and how there is growing speculation on one of the murdered boys father that he is responsible for the 3 boys deaths. Yet again the film gets far to graphic , why do we have to see pictures of the castrated murdered boy? We do have an imagination HBO, and we can use it. The father who is under suspision comes across as a horrible man who looks as if he is a mixture of a drug addict,a bible basher and inter breading but having said that most of the people we see from Arkansas look and come across as being like that. I do feel this film is heavily biased towards the convicted boys but i also feel they should never have been convicted in the first place. 8 out of 10.