Over 40 years since the infamous Zodiac killer terrorised inhabitants of San Francisco and surrounds, three people make an amazing discovery. They stumble across homemade films made by the Zodiac Killer, films of some of his murders. In an attempt to claim a large reward, rather than alert the police, they try to track down the killer themselves. This puts them in danger.Pretty lame B-grade (at best) thriller. When I read the film summary I figured the movie was set in the 1960s, when the Zodiac Killer was at the peak of his infamy, making the danger more tangible. Having seen the excellent David Fincher-directed 2007 movie, Zodiac, I thought this may be something along those lines.When I discovered it was actually set in 2017, my heart sank. Even if the killer is still alive, he's in their late-60s, at least, so what kind of thriller is this going to be? A dull, implausible, contrived one, I thought, and I was right.Unoriginal, filled with every thriller/horror cliché, implausible, predictable, unengaging and quite dull. The Zodiac element was just a ploy to suck viewers in. Avoid.

I went out of my way to go to a late night showing of this film. I've been fascinated with the mystery behind the Zodiac killer. There were inaccuracies on some of the facts about the real Zodiac killer, but I wasn't really expecting it to be 100% true to facts anyway. I knew it was fictionalized story and though it would be interesting. Now my review: Great combination of poor writing and acting. Save your money on this one folks. The film was so bad that half way through the movie I was rooting for the Zodiac to kill off the idiot lead actor and actress. Very disappointing.

It's That eerie kind of spooky. Doesn't really make you jump just spooks you out. They're solving the case as if though they were watching a horror movie. The more they discover about the killer the more it unwinds them, but unlike us they have genuine concern.Awaking the Zodiac takes a new spin on the Zodiac killer with the concept that he's been hiding out for 40 years, and somehow a couple in a rural part of Virginia come across his old films of his murders, and force him out of hiding. Kind of like the idea that they take something that actually happen and turned it into their own fiction.Was OK movie. Really like how the whole thing was laid out. Not a bad mystery at all. I liked how everything unfolded.http://cinemagardens.com/

Awakening The Zodiac is a tense thriller and definitely worth a watch. It stars Shane West and Leslie Bibb as Mick and Zoe Branson, a down on their luck couple trying to make ends meet. To Zoe's chagrin they end up buying a storage locker with their friend and pawn shop owner Harvey (played by Matt Craven). Whilst there is not much of value in the locker there are two old 8 mm reels of film showing footage of the Zodiac Killer murdering his victims in the 1960's. The trio then decides to try and track down the Zodiac Killer in order to collect the $ 100 000 reward offered for his discovery and/or capture. This proves to be a highly hazardous endeavor. The story and directing are good and for the most part there is a high level of tension that leaves you wondering who the Zodiac is. The overall cast is solid and the supporting roles provided by Stephen McHattie, Kenneth Walsh and Nicholas Campbell are all above average. Not surprising given the fact that they have close to six hundred acting credits amongst them. When the identity of the Zodiac is revealed the movie shifts gears from a tense mystery to an an action thriller in the last ten or so minutes. Whilst the movie is not perfect, most of problems occur at the end especially in the closing scenes. And whilst some aspects of the story are far fetched given the age of the Zodiac and the fact that a landscaper and a hairdresser and a pawn shop broker found him when no one else could, overall the movie is definitely worth a watch. If the movie ended slightly differently and without the last scene it would have been even better though.