Mind hunter: Worth or
Crap? An Overview
Mindhunter is an American, Netflix original series, which
is included in crime thriller genre. It was premiered in Netflix on October 13,
2017. It is based on the book ‘Mind hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime
Unit’ written by John E. Douglas along with Mark Olshaker.The series is created
by Joe Penhall,an English playwright and screenwriter.Another interesting
factor on the crew of this show is that, David fincher,a prominent American
director, is one among the executive producers of this show.The cast includes Jonathan
Groff,Holt McCallany,Hannah Gross,Cotter Smith,Anna Torv,Stacey Roca,Cameron
Britton,Michael Cerveris etc.The show is set in the time period of 1977 and
up,where a new branch of fbi known as behavioral science unit came into
existence.the show is about the findings
and investigation of the team by interviewing imprisoned serial killers. Mind hunter
has two seasons. Season one has ten episodes and two has nine. The duration
varies between 34 to 73 minutes.
ABOUT
Holden Ford, an FBI agent, discontented with his work in FBI
was on a quest for new methodologies in criminal psychology. Then he came
across Bill Tench and starts to co-operate in his work. Alongside, they make an
effort to meet and interview imprisoned psycho killers like Ed kimber. The
information they achieved from these process helps them to solve another
investigations.Later,this program widens and
they joins with Ms. Wendy Carr from FBI and decides to formulate their
work. Eventually they got opportunities to interview killers with different
mindsets. Also they had to take part in more serious investigations. The show
discusses seek to hunt the minds of different psychopaths and how they applies
the information in their current cases.
POSITIVES
The show is realistic in nature. It realistically discusses
the cases of FBI and the problems they had to face during old times, where
methodologies were not legalized. It discusses numerous actual cases like Ed
kimber, BTK killer etc.
It maintains a thrilling mood at certain portions which are
apt to the situation. The show basically follows a dramatic mood although it is
branded as a thriller. But the situations which includes the thrilling factors
are portrayed well
Performance of most the actors were good. The actors who
were performed the roles of prisoners were remarkable. It is their performance
that made a thrilling and mysterious mood during the interview scenes.
The back ground music was done its purpose well. It had a
great part in setting up the mood of situations and generating curiosity
NEGATIVES
There are lots of unnecessary sequences included in the show. It would have been better if those scenes had been avoided. It made the show uninteresting at some points. It may feel lag at some portions due to the dramatic nature of the show. Since the show is realistic it doesn’t always follows a thriller mood. Dramatic events are more, which is a drawback when considering as a thriller. Also some cases are remained unsolved and unexplained because it is what really happened. But this realistic nature pulls down viewer’s interest, which is a major disadvantage.
RECOMMENDED TYPE OF
AUDIENCE
Recommended for those who love realistic- thrillers. All
thriller fans can try this. But the realistic nature and dramatic mood may disappoint
them at some parts, however a try is worth.
OVERALL VERDICT AND
RATING
Overall a watchable realistic thriller show which includes
thrills and emotions.
Rating: 7.5/10
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