The Coverup

Bad acting, bad soundtrack, bad directing and bad writing. I love true stories so I should have just stopped watching and either read about this case or found a documentary to watch.

The true story of the 1983 Thacker case could have made a great film, but this one suffers from mediocre acting, poor dialogue, a hurried plot with zero nuance, and indifferent direction. The result is an almost total lack of motivation for the audience. It's pretty much on the level of a bad TV movie.

I can't help but mention that Colby French, as the bad cop, wears the worst hairpiece in the history of cinema. Perhaps the cop in the real life story had a bad hairpiece.....?

It's altogether too bad, because this crime was an outrage perpetrated by corrupt cops, and a good screenwriter and director could have made this story dramatic and compelling. Instead, it's sleep inducing.

I am giving this particular film a relatively high score because it is really obvious that the only problem with this movie is low budget. Or lack of funding to produce. If it had been a bigger budget this would have gotten a 10. Why? For the pure emotion it brought forward, which is what I look for in a movie regardless of the genre. The direction and filming easily represented that yellowish early 1980's shade of telling a story that deserves to be told. The actors did what they could, the scenery is very 1980's and while the story could have been more evolved, it was not a Hollywood production with all the bells and whistles. I will always pull for the underdog movie and I liked it. Also, a tragic case.

I loved the story but the movie was really lacking. This movie is a sad but true story of a person losing his life to a corrupt police officer. If there was more money behind the movie it could have been a good movie.

I am so glad that I did not listen to the nay-sayers. This was a fact based film about police abuse of power. Personally I am a supporter of the boys in blue. However we all know about facts being tainted by higher ups who want to win to advance careers. I don't trust prosecutors who encourage planted evidence and evidence hidden to advance their personal careers , regardless of what is right Look at Steven Avery. Set up in every way maybe to avoid a hugh payout and maybe vengeance after such a long time. This film however true, seeks to show that power, can indeed be corrupted. It may or may not be factual but it shows that we must all be vigilant.