Awakening The Zodiac (2017)

Awakening The Zodiac (2017) This film is an excellent sequel to Zodiac. Except that it’s purely fictional. It shows a trio who realise that if the Zodiac is still alive, there’s a lot of money to be made in capturing it. 

It’s an entertaining film, with its faults, but it’s a good one to see. It can cast doubt. Did the Zodiac really film its crimes and keep them secret? That’s what this film tries to show. At the same time, they were obliged to keep certain elements secret and not divulge too many facts, especially if they were clearly created and invented. 

It’s as if the director wanted to make a film about what he’d hoped would have happened.

But the fact is that this Zodiac has plunged people so deeply into terror and questioning that it must have become unbearable not to find any answers. 

Shane West, who is also a punk rock singer, has sung with the Germs, Jonny Was and the Twilight Creeps. He has been active artistically since 1995. He has appeared in series such as Buffy.

He’s relatively good here, even if his character is relatively impulsive and irritating at times. 

This balances out with his girlfriend in the film, played by Leslie Bibb. When Shane isn’t insufferable, she is and vice versa. 

I really like Leslie and it’s good to see her in a substantial lead role. It seems to me that when she’s in a film, we often don’t see that much of her. 

Matt Craven is a brilliant actor. He’s been pretty active. He appeared in Meatballs in 79 alongside Bill Murray under the direction of Ivan Reitman. He also played in the magnificent A Few Good Men alongside Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland and many others. And that’s just the beginning! 

We’ve also seen him in X-Men!

His first major role was in the film Jacob’s Ladder, which is an absolute masterpiece. 

Stephen McHattie: an actor who is often disturbing, always charismatic, and who has appeared in many films and series such as Starsky & Hutch and X-Files. 

This actor knows how to be attractive, hypnotic and frightening. A true professional in his field. 

I’m going to give it four stars, because I really enjoyed seeing this film, but I’m aware that it’s not great cinema. And I don’t think Jonathan Wright is going to be a director who makes a lasting impression, alas.