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Genre – Psychological Thriller
Plot: First person analysis of Mysterious serial killer who seeks justice but is seen as a villain by the public. Follow day-to-day life of serial killer in which he Starts to doubt himself as all he public believe he is a villain and his killings aren’t those of justice. The killer starts to lose his mind as he doesn’t know who to trust as of much of the public trying to catch him and the film ends with him going on a killing spree as he doesn’t know who his enemy is.
Links to Taxi Driver – First Person analysis

Links to American Psycho – Loses his mind as he starts to doubt himself + ends
Up going on a killing spree at the end.

Links to memento – Doesn’t know who trust and what to believe.

Links to Reservoir Dogs – Lack of trust – Characters losing their minds.

Links to the Departed – Fear – Lack of trust – characters losing their minds – Killing spree at the end of the film.

Day to day life sees Blake Lewis as a CEO and falls in love with his best friends Ken’s sister Angela Stewart. In the day he hears his friends/public’s view on the mysterious serial killer and as the number of killings’ increase the public’s his family friends start to doubt the serial killers role in society. Blake takes account of all his close friends+ family’s view on the serial killer and starts to lose his sanity as everyone begins to doubt the serial killers role and his close friend Michael Bane begins to investigate the killer’s existence. As he kills society’s criminals e.t.c. He starts to doubt his killings but begins to develop an obsession for murder and fears he is becoming what public see him as. He begins to kill not for justice but for his own pleasure – begins to kill those who he isn’t fond of and is forced to kill his close friend as he comes close to finding out the identity of the killer. At this point he completely loses his sanity as he questions what he has become and realizes he has become what he fought against and starts to get paranoid that others such as his girlfriend and his family may know of his real identity. With so many doubts and with his friends becoming close to realizing his identity Blake decides he has to take out his anyone who may anything of his identity. This forces Blake to go on a killing spree(inspired by American Psycho). The film ends with Blake sitting next on either side of his dead friends Ken and Michael and is covered in blood.



Actors:
- Blake Lewis – Serial killer
- Angela Stewart – Blake’s Love interest – Ken Stewart’s sister
- Ken Stewart – Blake’s Best Friend/ Colleague.
- Michael Bane – Friend/ Detective.