Murdertown

If this show went any more slowly, it would be going backwards. I finally gave up after REALLY trying to stick it out for eight episodes of Season 1. The slow-motion walking by the main characters gets old before the end of even the first episode. The close-up of the extremely blurry facial shots of the victims adds a whole new dimension to repetitious. The aerial shots of the various towns leaves the viewer with the inevitable question of WHY. And don't get me started on the constant views of Ms Kelly pretending to drive. Who thought that in-vehicle shots of the narrator was a good idea?

In my opinion, all in all, each of these episodes would have been much better as, at most, 10-minute descriptions of horrendous crimes.

I'm a big crime fan so I watch allot of true crime documentaries and this isn't the best but it's not the worst either. The pacing is off, way too slow and the first season at least, with poor Katherine Kelly stuck in that car going nowhere for ever, looking everywhere but at the road ahead drives me nuts. They even took to interviewing other participants in their cars like they were about to drive off mid sentence. I think maybe the director wants a gig on Top Gear?

They go into a lot of detail but I would say the editing needs to be tightened up as it's often very repetitive.

Watch for the stories, ignore the rest.

I am not sure why we need to see the presenter walking in slow motion with her hair bobbing? I'm also concerned at why we need to see her driving in her car and taking her eyes off the road for her two lines.

The content is okay though. That's why I gave it 7.

Katherine Kelly is a fine actress but totally wrong for this series. Firstly, the credits state....starring.......it's a documentary for crikes sake. Needs a much stronger voice over to help the flow. Good title but the overall production is clumsy and lacks a real ouch.

SSSSLLLLOOOOWWWW. And repetitive. Replays the same clips, repeats information, and is obsessed with its own title, repeating it ad nauseum...and really, it's the dumbest conceit. Kelly at the towed wheel is a total joke...as if she's driving the storytelling? Omg STUPID. Would have been so much better to lose her, cut run time in half, tell the story ONE time, never repeat clips, be concise and lose the terrible overhead shots and fuzzy close-ups of people and weapons. Stop haranguing on how FEARFUL each community is. Duh. We get it. This is painful to watch, for all the wrong reasons. But it offers a gazillion options to turn watching it into a drinking game, if you are so inclined. This series should be used as a cautionary tale in any TV production class. Just horrible. How in the world does it have a 7.1 rating? I guess people are desperate for real crime stories, and willing to overlook the crimes committed by this show against the audience.