At first it's pretty hard to see any connection with the over all story of the film and the case of Son Of Sam. There are flashes, where we see Sam doing his crimes. But then we see these people, who have nothing to do whit the case. We see sex and punk and disco. Mafiosos and vigilantes trying to figure out who is Son of Sam. But it all relates very little whit the case itself.
In the end it all explodes, the anger and fear caused by the murderer, and it all clicks in and shows, that even thought the movie is filled with unnecessary scenes and plot lines that don't go anywhere it all did relate on the case.
"Summer of Sam" is a story about what serial killer does to people who aren't his actual victims. Sam is just the engine, which makes the wheels turn in peoples head. Vinny (John Leguizmo) sees Sam's victims in a car and then he unnecessarily gets scared, that if Sam is thinking if he saw something of him. Vinny is also driven by guilt of cheating his wife Dionna (Mira Sorvino). Richie (Adrine Brody) is a punk rocker, who just wants to get away with his girlfriend Ruby (Jennifer Esposito)and become a real rocker. But as he is too different of others, who are into disco and stuff the vigilantes start to think that Richie is Sam.
SOS doesn't let you go easily, you need to watch to the end, because it's very different from all the other serial killer films. Even thought it revolves around the murders, it's about more things than that. It about people and their feelings. It's just that some times the film drags and it has too much of things going besides the point.
But if you can go over those points you got yourself a good flick. Well worth of watching.
In the end it all explodes, the anger and fear caused by the murderer, and it all clicks in and shows, that even thought the movie is filled with unnecessary scenes and plot lines that don't go anywhere it all did relate on the case.
"Summer of Sam" is a story about what serial killer does to people who aren't his actual victims. Sam is just the engine, which makes the wheels turn in peoples head. Vinny (John Leguizmo) sees Sam's victims in a car and then he unnecessarily gets scared, that if Sam is thinking if he saw something of him. Vinny is also driven by guilt of cheating his wife Dionna (Mira Sorvino). Richie (Adrine Brody) is a punk rocker, who just wants to get away with his girlfriend Ruby (Jennifer Esposito)and become a real rocker. But as he is too different of others, who are into disco and stuff the vigilantes start to think that Richie is Sam.
SOS doesn't let you go easily, you need to watch to the end, because it's very different from all the other serial killer films. Even thought it revolves around the murders, it's about more things than that. It about people and their feelings. It's just that some times the film drags and it has too much of things going besides the point.
But if you can go over those points you got yourself a good flick. Well worth of watching.