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Mood:
- AtmosphericOffbeat
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Plot:
- ObsessionMental IllnessMurderPsychopathCrimesDeadlyMind and SoulPolice Detective more...
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Genres:
- IndependentDramaHorrorThriller
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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- CaliforniaSuburbs
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- Based on True Story
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, 2009
English
USA, Germany
Profile of My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
The mood of My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done is offbeat and atmospheric. The plot centers around mental illness, obsession, and murder. It is an independent, drama, and thriller movie. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in the suburbs. The setting is California. It happens in contemporary times. It is originally a true story. Note that it includes profanity.
Summary of My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son is based on a harrowing true story. The cop of the tale, Hank, is called to a bungalow in a respectable San Diego neighbourhood where a man named Brad has barricaded himself in his house and taken two hostages. Across the street, Brad's mother lies dead, found sprawled in a pool of blood, the victim of a sword wound. The son is suspected of the murder. As Hank uneasily prowls the sunlit street outside the bungalow, a string of Brad's friends arrive on the scene, among them his girlfriend and a director pal. Slowly the bizarre pieces of the story are placed in front of the cop, who tries to make sense of it all. Not only has the suspected murderer never been the same since he returned from a kayaking trip to Peru, but he also seems to be suffering from a strange mother complex. To deepen the psychosis even further, Brad has been rehearsing one of Sophocles' plays that has a lot to do with mothers!Herzog plays the film straight, but the mood and tone he imparts is an eerie blend of David Lynch, who executive produced the film, and his own singular style. Herzog has always been attracted to the obsessive, and in the case of this odd murder, he has found a subject more than suited to his personality. Indeed, he had his own Peruvian adventure years ago with Fitzcarraldo and had to deal with the antics of actor Klaus Kinski in the process. The cast is universally superb, the film captures the detached isolation of San Diego perfectly (as Bad Lieutenant does with New Orleans), and Herzog proves that his restless creative spirit is still very much alive and not restricted, as it has been until recently, to the documentary mode.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, Germany |
| Release date: | November 2009 |
| Runtime: | 91 min |
Cast and Crew
as Detective Hank Havenhurst
as Ingrid
as Uncle Ted
as Brad McCullum
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Users Reviews
- 13.October.2010
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- by: Vic
- Vic rated this movie
4/10Disappointing
- 19.September.2010
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- by: barak gilon
- barak gilon rated this movie6/10Okay
