mpurvismattp Review of Making a Murderer

Making a Murderer (2015–2018)

Wow...just wow. *Very mild spoilers*

[10/10 · 22 December 2015]

This film is so disturbing, so strange and so amazingly outrageous it can barely be believed. The metaphor of an onion having layer upon layer and getting stinkier as each is peeled away is no more accurately used as in this documentary of our justice system abandoned for personal vedettes or quick convictions. The lawless and disturbed members of the local police force using their power, influence and seemingly any tactic available or conceived to get their way leaves one speechless in their depravity. The films show with cunning and unapologetic accuracy the injustice Stevan Avery and his family have endured because they chose to fight for what was right instead of backing down to the thugs that tried to push them around and cover their own asses when they were forced to admit they arrested the wrong man. I hope that these scumbag cops and everyone who has done wrong to the Avery family will be convicted of their crimes and punished severely for abusing the power and faith entrusted upon them by the people of their community. The Halbach family is another tragic victim, they have lost a beloved member of their family and yet they are unable to see past their grief and get to the truth. I'm not condemning them in anyway, for it is surely a difficult and horrible thing to deal with and I'm sure they only want justice and they truly feel they are doing the right thing by listening to what the police are telling them. The fact is they are being used themselves and they are only pawns in a sick game played by powerful people. These people think they have the power and the right to decide who lives and who dies, who is important and who is disposable in life. They are wrong, whether or not they're arrested, whether or not they' are convicted, whether or not anyone ever even knows what they did they are wrong! This film illustrates quite fairly and conclusively that something is amiss and innocent people are suffering for that.