This movie was decent, and better than I expected after reading some to the other reviewers comments. It's slow from the very beginning, but interesting. Antonio Sabato Jr. stars as Henry Lee Lucas, who was a real life, murderous low life drifter. Born in Blacksburg Virginia, he travelled across country through Florida and Michigan before ending up in a Texas prison.
The story begins when Lucas was a boy growing up in a dirt poor family. His father is portrayed as an alcoholic amputee who reportedly lost his legs after getting drunk and walking in front of a train. The mother, an alcoholic prostitute who occasionally forced Lucas watch her have sex with strange men. Its unknown how closely the story actually aligns with Lucas's real life, but his actions as an adult are clearly correlated to the fact that he grew up in less than desirable conditions. It was his parents fault that he indiscriminately murdered multiple people.
Kostas Sommer plays the role of Ottis Toole. The two linked up at a Florida soup kitchen and then embarked on a killing spree. Hundreds of murders were attributed to Lucas but he was actually convicted of only two. Originally sentenced to death, it was later commuted to life in prison when it was determined that he had falsely confessed to many of the murders for publicity. He died in prison of heart failure in 2001.
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