An Officer and a Murderer

July. 21,2012      
Rating:
6.3
Rent / Buy
Rent / Buy
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The true story of Colonel Russell Williams, one Canada’s most powerful and respected Air Force Officers, who committed numerous brutal crimes and was eventually brought down by a tenacious small town police detective.

Gary Cole as  Russell Williams
Laura Harris as  Det. Jennifer Dobson
Rossif Sutherland as  Det. Nick Gallagher
Emma Campbell as  Jodie Lavin
Lisa Ciara as  Jessica Lloyd
Nahanni Johnstone as  Mary Elizabeth Harriman
Peyton Kennedy as  Gwen Pelway
Joe Vercillo as  Officer Houghton
Zoé De Grand Maison as  Beth Pelway

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Reviews

Spoonatects
2012/07/21

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

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PiraBit
2012/07/22

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

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Invaderbank
2012/07/23

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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BelSports
2012/07/24

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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phd_travel
2012/07/25

This is a very well paced and realistically made Lifetime movie about the true story of Canadian Air Force colonel Russ Williams. His gradual escalation from underwear theft to home invasion and murder is carefully and realistically portrayed here. Gary Cole gives a balanced and believable performance as the main character. The straightforward telling without flashbacks is good and the tension and fear of the victims is quite terrifying.The police investigation is fascinating with the various mistakes and eventual breakthrough.Looks like there are some crazy serial pervert killers up North too.Worth a watch.

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Robert J. Maxwell
2012/07/26

This is a pretty decent Lifetime Movie Network made-for-TV production. It's about a full colonel and base commander in the Canadian Air Force, Gary Cole, and how he begins sneaking about at night, burglarizing the houses of his neighbors, stealing women's panties first, then graduating to two rape/murders before finally being caught by the Provincial Police.When his wife isn't around, he dresses up in brassieres and underpants and takes pictures of himself in the mirror. This is truly disgusting. The occasional use of fishnet stockings and stiletto heels, which I use in front of a mirror when I'm imitating Judy Garland belting out show tunes, is tasteful and requires skill. But this pig deserves the two life terms he winds up with.What gets me is -- well, here is this apparently normal man in, say, his mid-40s, who has risen to the rank of full colonel, commands an entire Air Force base, has piloted around the Queen of England as well as other notables, yet carries about in his head this uncontrollable urge to commit these bizarre acts. How come nobody has found out about his trunk full of women's underwear that he's been schlepping around for years? Not even his wife seems to know about his quirks. It's almost unimaginable that this pathology should suddenly blossom out of nowhere, having left no tracks behind. How could no one notice? All right, he's a military man and shows a lot of self discipline. And indeed he does, cool under interrogation by the police, filled with concern about the impact of his exposure on the base personnel. And yet he's dumb enough to leave revealing tire tracks at the house of his last victim. And when he comes to the police station to be questioned, he removes his boots and leaves them in the hallway -- the boots that left prints at the victim's house. He may be a perfect pilot but he's a dumb perp who has never watched a cop show on TV.Gary Cole is pretty good. He's cooperative and unemotional. He cares about people. When he leads the police to the decomposing corpse of his last victim, he remarks, with apparent sincerity, "She was a nice kid." The detective-in-charge, Laura Harris, does a professional job, and she's supported by Rossif Sutherland, Kiefer's half brother. He has a marvelous tone in his voice but its expression is flat. He sounds the same whether he's comfortable or angry. Of the victims, Micheline Marchildon is memorable as the French Canadian who becomes the first dead body. She's a mere corporal, by the way, and lives alone in a very nice house off the base. I was a non-commissioned officer, the equivalent of a sergeant, and outranked her, yet I consistently found myself in a bunk that left barely enough room to roll over at night.There are an abundance of True Crime movies that are shot in Canada -- for reasons of economy, I presume -- and pretend to be located somewhere else. It's nice to see a Canadian movie that is shot in the same country in which the events took place. Many of these movies are fairly shoddy but this one doesn't waste much time on padding out the crime theme with casual meanders into dysfunctional families, fights between the colonel and his wife, excessive expressions of grief, and the like. It's better than that.

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bganon-1
2012/07/27

To be frank this movie doesn't really warrant a review so it will be a short one. The target audience for this 'straight to video' production is clearly not those that love quality movies, more likely bored stay at homes looking for some cheap thrills. The scenes involving the main actor and his victims are portrayed in a reveling manner, with the emphasis upon the suffering of the victim in the particular scene which invariably goes on too long. There is barely any character development to speak of. The relationships between characters are pretty much stereotypical - the loyal wife, the sad victim, the evil perpetrator, the honourable / incompetent policemen / women. In summary, avoid this film.

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edwagreen
2012/07/28

This base commander had it all. Deeply respected by all and a favorite of the Queen, he had some career ahead of him. Go know that he was a sexual predator whose escapades became more and more violent and eventually would lead up to a double murder.Go know that the tires on his car would eventually do him in. What dastardly acts he committed. Dressing up as a woman was part of the act as well.Interesting to see how the case was cracked. You'd think this commander would have been beyond reproach. However, when the evidence started pointing to him, they had no other alternative but to pursue him.

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