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Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996) a score of 2.5364 out of 4
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In a film where Oliver Stone is the executive producer, you may not be surprised to find that the victims in this movie get short shrift. The inhumane treatment that Carl gets is featured instead. The focus is on Carl and the young Jewish guard Henry...read the complete Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996) review at Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
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by L. Bernard "moons... on September 06, 1999
I for one fail to understand why James Woods did not get an Oscar for this fine performance except possibly for the fact that this movie is too powerful for most stomachs. As someone who works in the Juvenile prison system, and as a Jew, a relate so ...
by Schtinky "Schtink... on April 18, 2007
Carl Panzram (the talented James Woods) is arrested and jailed for theft, but while in prison confesses to killing 21 men (while being beaten by the prison guards). Newly appointed prison guard Henry Lesser (Robert Sean Leonard) feels sorry for Carl ...
by "dluxcheez" on January 03, 2002
Based upon a true story by Thomas E. Gaddis and James O. Long, this film stars James Woods (Citizen Cohn, Ghosts of Mississippi) as Carl Panzram, a convict who admits to multiple murders. The film opens with a narration by Henry Lesser (Harold Gould, ...
I just watched Killer-A Journal of Murder. Two things appealed to me enough to watch the movie: James Woods was in it, and it appeared to have a story similar to Murder in the First, a film with Christian Slater.I was not disappointed with Woods' ...

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Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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