Anyanwu

So many bad things make this unwatchable. You will not learn anything new. The film uses a Prince look alike in shots. A no-no. Technical issue where ghost audio shows up where it shouldn't. People were interviewed on camera without names or context. Don't waste your time. How Netflix approved this I don't know. There were just stock footage, photos pulled from asset repositories. The footage they had if him going into a medical center was shown three times. They had no insightful or footage rarely seen before. The film didn't even give his sister a titled lower third so that people that who didn't know could know who she was. This was a "People Magazine documentary".

Watch MONSTERS first then watch this. MONSTERS obviously presents a more Hollywood, stylized view of the incident. It gets the main pieces of situation true it seems. The key issue is that it deals with the family relationships. THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS deal much more with the circumstances of the trial. What can be admitted. What were the jurors instructed as to what they were to evaluate regarding a verdict ie voluntary manslaughter to murder one. Especially as to the 2nd trial. The judicial climate of the time. The Simpson case ended before the 2nd trial. And the time that we live in now knowing what we know as it pertains to sexual abuse of both men and women. This is a fascinating case that shows how Justice evolves over time. Lastly, the actual prosecutor is liberally interviewed throughout THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS. Her attitude was strictly single minded in that lots of people have trauma but they don't kill their parents and why didn't they just leave (sound familiar) mentality. She wanted to win the case from a selfish perspective. She was flippant and totally non empathetic. She really is an a**hole. Note her final clip.

Wow, great performances by Gadd, Nava Mau and Gunning. Believe what you've heard about this series. It doesn't go the way you think. Based on the true story that involved Gadd, the lead actor and writer directly lends the series a rawness and honesty that is not seen very often in film. I think the fact that we know it's his true story takes down the road of investment in all three characters. You want good things to happen to the characters within the confines of a "happy ending" script but then you find yourself saying, "girl, just walk away and leave him." There is a lot of sadness, anger, and empathy you will have at the characters in this series. It doesn't play out like you think it would as other films play out. This most definitely is worth watching cause it's rawness can only come from actual events.