I'm not sure movie was designed to be 'liked' in a traditional sense. In case you've never heard of the titular character, Ted Bundy, he was one of the most notorious serial killers in modern day history. Seeing as, even today, most of his crimes will only be known to him, this film gives us a reasonable idea of what he was like. And it's safe to say that he wasn't very nice.I haven't looked into his life well enough to say how accurate the facts are, but, from what I've gathered, this is a pretty good representation of how he acted. It's near impossible for any viewer to feel any sympathy for him; if the film has any sort of appeals it's because it's more like a car crash where you just can't seem to look away. Bundy meets women. He's amazingly charming then he kills them. If anything, it serves as a severe reminder to be more than a little weary about people you have only just met (and don't go anywhere alone with them!).I have seen a couple other movies made about Ted Bundy's life and I would say that this one is the best. The others do touch on different aspects of his life, i.e. his dabbling with local politics. However, although this one almost completely omits this aspect of his life, I do feel this is the best one overall.The film itself doesn't really contain any 'big names' you'll recognise and does have a kind of 'made-for-TV' kind of feel for it. But, if you're looking for a half-decent biopic movie about Bundy's life, then you can do worse. However, you will need a strong stomach as he his (brilliantly portrayed by Michale Reilly Burke) and therefore as sick as they come, both in his mind and his actions.Like I say... you won't really 'like' this film as there's really little to like about the entire of the subject matter. However, if you're looking for at least a little insight into the minds of one of the nastiest men in modern times, then you'll find more than you want to know here.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

Ted Bundy is anything but a stranger to our screens; the fascination with this personification of evil, the man who became the first serial killer – in name if not in deed – knows no bounds, and certainly didn't for the daffy women who became his trial groupies. We see none of that here because his trials are glossed over, clearly something had to be in order to keep the film to a manageable length.Michael Reilly Burke puts in a convincing performance, and there are some graphic scenes, but arguably the two most memorable are where he kidnaps Carol DaRonch – called Tina Gabler here – and gets the worst of it from a young woman who fought like a tigress knowing full well that if she didn't escape his clutches then and there, she would not get out of that car alive. The other scene is where across a prison table his girlfriend finally sees him for the monster he is. Bundy's arrest for the DaRonch kidnapping should have been the end of his reign of evil; it beggars belief how such a clearly dangerous individual was permitted to escape not once but twice. The result was the sorority house murders and then his final victim – the youngest we can say for certain – 12 year old Kimberly Leach. She was given a "nom de plume" here, but her name slipped out in the archive footage at the end.There has been criticism of this film from other reviewers, but as with similar efforts, like the more recent "...Dirty Little Secret", the film-makers strived for authenticity and achieved it in some degree. It is our fault rather than theirs that so many of us consider serial murder to be entertainment.

Now, be prepared, because I'm about to save you nearly 2 hours of your life. I can't help but feel that somebody watched American Psycho and decided that it needed to be remade, badly, very badly. What you should have here is a film about Ted Bundy; a sick and twisted man who committed crimes that would make the devil himself lose a boner. It should be a film that is locked inside Bundy's head. A psychoanalysis of a man constantly battling the urge to kill yet never winning and somehow thriving in his defeat. But no, here it is folks, the American Psycho remake I sure as hell don't remembering ordering. I find it incredibly disrespectful to the victims and their families that any murder scenes were shown at all, let alone the fact that they were this graphic. It's torture porn, pure torture porn, the very stuff Bundy ironically blamed for his murders in the first place. The film has no weight to it and is purely a very shoddy attempt at a horror film. All in all, you will gain nothing from this film in relation to Bundy. If you pretend this isn't about Bundy, that the characters are fictional and not genuine people whose families are still no doubt effected everyday by their loss, then what you have is still a below standard horror.

For those of you not familiar with Ted Bundy and his crimes (if that's possible), this is the one to watch. But be prepared, you will have to have the stomach for it, because it is downright, shocking, disturbing, and sick, and it will stay in your mind long after the film is over. A few things i found disappointing about the movie though, were, in parts, the acting left a lot to be desired, the humour was a little over the top (and not really necessary under the circumstances), and there were a few inconsistency's in the story. But for the most part, this was probably the most accurate when it comes down to just how truly depraved his acts were. Nonetheless, as disturbing as it was, it was thoroughly engrossing from start to finish. I highly recommend it.