CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

petewilson-26122 This miniseries ticks all the boxes: an outstanding cast at their very best, an impartial story told with facts that may be known but are brought to life here with a powerful new presentation that will stay with you. Although it's shown in eight episodes, there is never a void in the story's tense energy that starts immediately, keeps building & continues full blast to the end. Sam Worthington is perfect as the man whose never-give-up personality won't let him to quit until the end, no matter what the cost. Don't let this get by without seeing it. You won't be sorry.

mrvanin Apparently the producers thought that the UNABOM hook would pay off - and the high rating for this series certainly seems to validate their low opinion of viewers' interest in accuracy. From the perspective of someone who knows a fair amount of the real story, this dramatisation is somewhat annoying. In addition, unnecessary drama just makes certain aspects so tedious. In particular, the negativity that was guaranteed any time that agent Stan Cole (Jeremy Bobb) appeared on-screen, and the weak-willed, moping "composite" characterisation of 'Fitz' "I can't work this way!" Fitzgerald (Sam Worthington) made the FBI look like an amateur group of drama-queens and back-stabbers. So, instead, treating this as a fanciful alternative-universe take on the UNABOMBER investigation, it's a fairly mundane FBI profiler flick chopped up and stretched into seven mildly interesting episodes. Some reviewers have been very dismissive or derogatory of unenthusiastic reviews. I understand how they feel, because I see no substance to warrant the high score from the opposite view.

phd_travel The first episode of the series has some faults. There is some unnecessary jumping back and forth in time 95 and 97 that is confusing. Don't be put off by this as things get better from the second episode on. There are so many good points about this series. The pursuit is extremely exciting, the linguistic connection is fascinating, the behavior of the stubborn bosses and colleagues at the FBI is frustrating. The episode on the Unabomber's background and reason for insanity is quite shocking. There could have been more scenes of damage to victims and impact on their lives.Acting is good. Chris Noth is convincing as the FBI guy in charge of the investigation. Sam Worthington is the central character James Fitzgerald a profiler who got them in the right direction. He has got the underdog thing going and that's good. His diction isn't clear enough sometimes. Paul Bettany obviously lost weight for the role and he portrays the unique kind of craziness that the genius psychopath has very well. He gives a memorable performance that not many more familiar actors could have done well.The details of the story aren't that familiar to most and the case and court proceedings are quite different from other serial killers. Worth watching

hurshjoshi-13332 The parallels between the Fitzgerald and Kaczynski are one of the many narratives that make this such an enthralling watch. In many ways the similarities between the two, and the inner beast that lurks inside this reviewer (and I suspect a growing number of people who have ever found themselves disenchanted) might be what separates those that find this show thrilling and those that simply don't understand its subtle but growing hype.The truth is that many of us have dark thoughts, feel the pain of loneliness, or feel the desire to watch the world burn at times, but faced with the prospect very few want to see it in actuality because it would be against our primal instincts to burn that which we are connected to. It is that which makes Ted Kaczynski such a fascinating case study, and in turn gives this show the underlying steel to go with it obviously engrossing source material. His total detachment from the world despite having so much to offer from an intellectual capacity, in itself is a tragic tale. However instead of travelling down the obvious narrative of the white knights riding in to catch the bad guy, this show gives real insight into how someone could fall so far, and how far reaching the consequences can be. Was he a snowflake? Or does what he did, make him a snowflake in his eyes?When we were young, we were all snowflakes, and as the world later teaches us, if we are all snowflakes, none of us are. Of course what he did was ultimately evil, but the journey through his mind, and also the comparisons between how close the average man (Fitzgerald) can get to connecting with that world view offer a startling insight into where the world is at this moment in time.In addition, special mention has to go to the wonderful casting, and the wonderful performances by Paul Bettany and Sam Worthington. One has to wonder the depths of method acting Paul Bettany must have gone to, to steal every second he is on screen.