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OK, I agree it is not the great film it could have been, but we have to accept that the problem is not the film itself but the script. The film contains everything to be a hit: nice story, good plot and well done characters, even its soundtrack is excellent.

Some people say the problem is the lack of deep characters, but since when this art is made only with characters? most of them represent nothing but emotions, in other words, they are symbols the writer and the director use to say something...

The film is trying to establish an atmosphere of uncertainty; the big real problem is that the movie is trying to show too many different things, but it can not do so.

Watch it and then judge by yourself.

I remember seeing the trailer for 'Crimetime' back in the VHS days. I didn't bother watching it then, but the look combined with starring Stephen Baldwin, coming from dtv company Vidmark made me think it'll be a routine crime slasher. So imagine my surprise sitting down for it now,. Nearly two hour long runtime and also not the throwaway serial killer thriller I thought it would be.

Sidney (Pete Postlethwaite) kills a woman and the murder is made part of a sensationalized reality tv show called Crimetime who hires all too serious method actor Bobby Mahon (Baldwin) to play the role. It grabs Sidney's interest and gives Bobby a lift, but when the killings stop so does any sort of sick & twisted fame for both men. Sid resumes now solely to be famous and Bobby blurs the line between fantasy & reality losing himself to the role.

I'm in the minority of people who enjoyed what this had to say. Neither man is likable - one for obvious reasons, the other because he gets a big head - but the descent into delusions of grandeur worked. People being murdered capitalized on for money isn't done over the top or with a heavy hand trying to install some deep message. There's some silly moments, but they don't distract. The weakest portion is the failing relationship between Bobby and his actress girlfriend (Sadie Frost).

Oddly the most commonly available version of 'Crimetime' in North America has a 95 min runtime. I'm curious if this tighter version is a better film, but otherwise I was happy with what this 'original' cut did. Postlethwaite is a fine actor and does a good job of bringing a sick man to life. Stephen Baldwin is no thespian actor, but he makes the role work for him and actually shows some range. The idea of the media, tv, serial killers might be played out material past or present, but I liked this little film blemishes and all.

Oh how I like this little, low budget movie. The plot is somehow interesting and something I haven't seen much in any other movie.

The serial killer premise mixed with reality t.v. really got me hooked in. Also, the movie somehow deals with some kind of mental illness in the likes of "Memento". So there you go, you have an interesting plot and some really well done scenes of action and mystery.

The acting is pretty good. Those British are really good actors. I love the accent. Sadie Frost delivers a sexy, sassy performance. She was tremendously sexy in this movie with all those mini skirts. Sorry, I had to point that.

"Crimetime" is an underrated Thriller with some Sci-Fi influences. I dug the Reality T.V. situations because it's a topic way ahead of it's time.

Watch "Crimetime" with low expectations and you might enjoy it. I did.

George Sluizer of THE VANISHING fame ( He made both the haunting European original and the Hollywood remake ) directed CRIMETIME . He shouldn't really be blamed for this confused , poor movie because all the problems lie in Brendan Somers script . It's ill focused and lazily written . For instance the killer hangs around a nightclub waiting to pick up a victim , any victim and starts talking to a teenage girl . Cut to the next scene where she tells the villain " I've told you everything about myself , tell me about your life ? " Unfortunately the girl has told the baddie her life story off screen and is a terrible example of the screenwriter not being able to bring a character to life through dialogue . I know for a fact how bloody difficult this is but for a screenplay that is produced the writer should have tried harder

It's difficult to explain the message of the film . At some points it feels like it's trying to be a British NATURAL BORN KILLERS satarising the media's voyeurism with crime ( Perhaps it even influenced the infamous video game MANHUNT ) but the script isn't witty enough to carry this off . When you've got a sex scene that doesn't progress the plot or characters or hint of subtext you know you've got a badly written screenplay and CRIMETIME is a badly written screenplay

I liked this movie enough to buy it. I am not sure why other people see it as being such a terrible movie and screenplay.

I don't even like Stephen Baldwin, I should say that I am a huge Alec fan, but I thought he pulled this one off in some strange way. Sadie Frost was weak at times, but it wasn't really her sort of role to begin with. She is the reason I give this movie 9 stars instead of 10 stars. Pete P. was awesome as always. The script seemed fine to me. It has holes, but few don't. I am a writer, and have been working on a script of my own. Writing scripts has proved more difficult than writing the novel I have been working on.

The movie has its flaws, but few movies are flawless. It was enjoyable, entertaining, and I would recommend it to people who haven't seen it. Just my opinion.