Donald Sutherland plays a judge taken hostage by a psycho who puts him on trial-by-Internet in a "timely" trash thriller with too much on its mind. " American Hangman " belongs to that species of grade-Z movie that's at once grisly and pretentious. Written and directed by Wilson Coneybeare, American Hangman follows in the footsteps of many other recent movies that use social media and the internet to demonstrate society's cynicism, selfishness, and. American Hangman movie reviews & Metacritic score: An unidentified man posts a live feed on social media showing that he has kidnapped two strangers and inte.
I shouldn't have even bothered with this one, but saw it and I might as well review it. American Hangman is a thriller built around a relentlessly ticking clock and a rapidly approaching deadline and verdict. During the first scene of 'American Hangman' I thought to myself this seems an awful lot like 'Saw'.
Then one of the characters actually mentioned the scenario being similar to 'Saw'. "American Hangman" belongs to that species of grade-Z movie that's at once grisly and pretentious. But "American Hangman" isn't torture porn. American Hangman Is a Cheap, Dumb, Off-Brand Black Mirror Episode. A vigilante puts the justice system on trial in Wilson Coneybeare's American Hangman, kidnapping the judge who presided over a high-profile murder case and letting the Internet decide if he did his job well or not. I thought the movie was less predictable than I feared at first. It does give an inside view as to how someone can be convicted , sentenced to death , then all to late found to be innocent.
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The film stars Al Pacino, Karl Urban, Joe Anderson, Sarah Shahi. Starring: Donald Sutherland, Charlie Ebbs, Alexander Crowther and others. An unidentified man posts a live feed on social media showing that he has kidnapped two strangers and intends to kill one before the day is out.
His intention is to hold a capital "trial" online. I love all movies even ones most people hate but this movie is terrible. So fake, unrealistic sequences when the innocent mans arms had slack to grab the guy instead of letting him cut his finger off. Which brings us to "Hangman," a cheapo "Seven" knock-off that one would be tempted to suggest is beneath the talents of everyone involved, but they This is a film that opens with Al Pacino's hang-dog cop getting sideswiped, going on a poorly-filmed high-speed chase, and then pulling a gun on the.