Antikörper (Antibodies) (2007)

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• Lee ?

  
  Splendid German made serial-killer thriller. Yeah it's very similar to the likes of "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Se7en" but it's's still gripping and grisly enough for fans of the genre to enjoy with a plethora of twists to keep you hooked till… More
  Splendid German made serial-killer thriller. Yeah it's very similar to the likes of "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Se7en" but it's's still gripping and grisly enough for fans of the genre to enjoy with a plethora of twists to keep you hooked till the end. André Hennicke is creepy in the extreme as the sick paeodophillic killer. The films ending is an odd one but it doesn't completely ruin the film. Worth a watch!

• Thomas J

  
  Not since the movie "Seven" has a dark thriller been as disturbingly exciting to watch. Slow at times, but those moments are needed to catch your breath!! As far as psychological thrillers go, this one is hard to beat! Only flaw is reading subtitles distracts from the… More
  Not since the movie "Seven" has a dark thriller been as disturbingly exciting to watch. Slow at times, but those moments are needed to catch your breath!! As far as psychological thrillers go, this one is hard to beat! Only flaw is reading subtitles distracts from the tension!

• Lorenzo v

  
  <i>"What did you expect? Hannibal Lecter?"</i> Long wanted serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police strike. Small town cop Michael Martens travels to the big city to interrogate him. He associates a brutal murder case with the… More
  <i>"What did you expect? Hannibal Lecter?"</i> Long wanted serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police strike. Small town cop Michael Martens travels to the big city to interrogate him. He associates a brutal murder case with the killer's method and hopes to close the case by getting a confession from Engel. Instead the clash of the two totally opposite characters shakes Michaels beliefs to the ground, turning him into a dangerous threat to the people around him. <center><font size=+2 face="Century Schoolbook"><b><u>REVIEW</u></b></font></center> This is a very dark, very twisted, very well made serial killer flick that has much in common with Michael Mann's "Manhunter" and Demme's "Silence of the Lambs". It has what some would call an aberrant sexual slant. After a suspected serial killer with a Hannibal Lector-style genius is finally captured, a country cop is brought in to get the psychopath to spill his guts. What he spills embroils the cop in a complex web of dark sexuality and strange discoveries involving his own family. Director Christian Alvart maintains the tension and does not shy away from disturbing imagery. The material involving the murders of children is potent but not gory. One scene involving a girl slashed upwards from the vagina is suitably horrific. Special mention must go to composer Michl Britsch for his disturbing, industrial score. This grim German film that explores the darkest recesses of human behavior is an absolute winner.

• Tony G

  
  "Silence of the Lambs" German ripoff is not without its own distinctive appeal. It reaches for great psychological struggle and almost gets there but is hampered by out of character twists and bridled exploration of Möhring's psyche.

• A.D. V

  
  After seeing Pandorum I decided to give Alvart's previous film a try. As it turns out I'm glad I did because Antibodies is a damn fine psychological thriller with a bit of Silence of the Lambs thrown in. Nice twists and an unexpected ending. On the down side: It feels… More
  After seeing Pandorum I decided to give Alvart's previous film a try. As it turns out I'm glad I did because Antibodies is a damn fine psychological thriller with a bit of Silence of the Lambs thrown in. Nice twists and an unexpected ending. On the down side: It feels every bit of its 127 minute running time and the CGd deer look like crap.

• Drew S

  
  Derivative, hackneyed and over-obvious in every possible narrative sense, Antibodies is only as enjoyable a film as your brain will let it be. It's basically Germany's response to those really shitty police procedural thrillers with sociopaths that Hollywood drowned in after… More
  Derivative, hackneyed and over-obvious in every possible narrative sense, Antibodies is only as enjoyable a film as your brain will let it be. It's basically Germany's response to those really shitty police procedural thrillers with sociopaths that Hollywood drowned in after Silence of the Lambs. The results here are as expected; mechanical, overworked, and simplified for the sake of accessibility, Antibodies is out to get as many pulses pounding as possible and then fade from view completely. It's fun in a hilarious trashy sort of way, and I found that most of the allegedly shocking dialogue was really just mindless rude babbling. The serial pederast/murderer on display here never really earns the right to jerk off while about cutting a little boy into pieces after raping him, simply because he's just poorly conceived. He's a tool for shock, not a character. Even sociopaths need to have compelling qualities...Engel is just a collection of rapey soundbites and lascivious sexual threats. My brother and I just laughed throughout most of the movie. To make matters worse, the film is rammed full of shallow-cut attacks on religion, saying nothing new and not doing a particularly good job of it. I'm about as far away from religious as you can get, but to me this just came across as the immature ramblings of a cynical director. The power of a higher deity is laid bare - Christian Alvart's screenplay would completely reject the notion of a just or omnipotent God - yet toward the end of the film the main character's belief in God is seen as redemptive and reaffirmed. So really the movie is just confused. Is God only sort of there? Does he just kind of tune in when he feels like it? The movie is vaguely fun to watch, especially given its sensible and colorful visuals, but it's an ideological mess and a massive ripoff of infinitely superior Hollywood movies. I guess if you're hard up for ~*~SHOCKING MOVIES~*~ this might do in a pinch. Then again, if you've actually seen a truly shocking movie, this is going to hit about as hard as weak piss.

• Gordon A

  
  Hugely derivative serial killer genre movie which, despite the director's denial on the extras, cribs mercilessly from 'Silence of the Lambs' and 'Seven'. Lush cinematography and score, and a cracking opening help but deja vu soon creeps in, and as for the… More
  Hugely derivative serial killer genre movie which, despite the director's denial on the extras, cribs mercilessly from 'Silence of the Lambs' and 'Seven'. Lush cinematography and score, and a cracking opening help but deja vu soon creeps in, and as for the ending .......

• Lady D

  
  Antibodies really exceded my expectations on many levels. Firstly as a fictional story of a serial killer, this has to be the best one since ?The Silence of the Lambs?. It was controversial, made you feel uncomfortable in parts, it was casted well, especially in the case of the… More
  Antibodies really exceded my expectations on many levels. Firstly as a fictional story of a serial killer, this has to be the best one since ?The Silence of the Lambs?. It was controversial, made you feel uncomfortable in parts, it was casted well, especially in the case of the serial killer. In terms of World Cinema, this is way up there with the best, it?s also high up there as a Thriller, as there are twists and turns that left me shouting at the tv screen! If you enjoy films which cover any of these genres (Serial Killer, World cinema and Thrillers) give it a watch, it?s impressive, you won?t be disappointed.

• Ross C

  
  Another moralistic murder mystery in the Silence of the Lambs interview with a serial killer style. Though this movie feels much more sinister throughout with a grittier & gory edge. The plot's central premise is clearly a religious (mis)concept, which is very annoying, but… More
  Another moralistic murder mystery in the Silence of the Lambs interview with a serial killer style. Though this movie feels much more sinister throughout with a grittier & gory edge. The plot's central premise is clearly a religious (mis)concept, which is very annoying, but putting that aside it's still a good, clever idea for a story.

• Luke B

  
  Spectacularly portrayed German thriller that owes a lot to Se7en and Silence of the Lambs. Not that this film would be afraid to admit such a thing, since it even mentions Hannibal Lecter by name. The film's main star is the absolutely wonderful cinematography, and ironically it… More
  Spectacularly portrayed German thriller that owes a lot to Se7en and Silence of the Lambs. Not that this film would be afraid to admit such a thing, since it even mentions Hannibal Lecter by name. The film's main star is the absolutely wonderful cinematography, and ironically it is often a brightly lit film which doesn't make it any less unsettling. The ending builds to an unbearable nerve shredding crescendo. The journey of the main character is one of paranoia, love and fighting the beast within. The film is at its best when in the lush visuals of the countryside as it avoids comparison to other work. Hell even the opening credits are wonderful. An excellent piece of film making.

• Jens S

  
  Another German thriller following American footsteps, this time a pretty graphic mix of "Silence of the lambs", "The Pledge" and "Se7en". The acting, especially of Andre Hennicke as one of the most evil persons ever put on German film, is pretty good, so… More
  Another German thriller following American footsteps, this time a pretty graphic mix of "Silence of the lambs", "The Pledge" and "Se7en". The acting, especially of Andre Hennicke as one of the most evil persons ever put on German film, is pretty good, so is the cinematography. While some parts of the plot are more surprising than others the movie still entertains at any moment, is sometimes even downright exciting. Only the ending with the CGI deer is somewhat odd, as well the rather strong religious undertones of some parts. Some people might also be put off by the very vulgar language, nudity and violence. For those who don't mind all that, a pretty good thriller.

• Bruce B

  
  This guy makes Hannibal Lecter look like big bird. This movie will freak you out, unsure why never heard of it when it made the movie rounds. A worth buy. Will be sure to make her crawl up next to you. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

• Alex M

  
  This was a great movie for three reasons. First, perfect pacing. It starts off pretty interesting, builds up in the second act by presenting questions, and in the third act has you dying to know what's going to happen next. The ending scene was done really well, although I can… More
  This was a great movie for three reasons. First, perfect pacing. It starts off pretty interesting, builds up in the second act by presenting questions, and in the third act has you dying to know what's going to happen next. The ending scene was done really well, although I can think of an outcome I would have liked way more. The pacing of this movie was done almost as well as Das Experiment, confirming my prejudice that Germans are just awesome at planning shit out. Second reason this movie was great, it blurred the lines of morality. Good vs evil isn't just overused, it's unrealistic. In the real world, there are no good or bad people, but there are plenty of people trying to be "good." Antikoerper presents a conflicted main character who comes off as very human, struggling to be a good person while his "bad" animal instincts are being awakened. The blurring could have gone further, it could have gone into how good/evil is purely subjective, but for what it did, it did it very well. And lastly, there's the killer. I loved this guy. He's one of those bad guys who just loves being bad. He mindfucks the main character into questioning everything he knows, sets up an awesome plot, and has the mannerisms of both a sadistic bastard and an evil genius. And yes, the awful german language helps his intensity. If I had to nitpick, some of the decisions the main guy makes are a bit out there. Not so out there that you'll be like, WTF?, but just out there enough to make you think it's kind of unrealistic. Still, it earns the four stars I rated it.

• John M

  
  This dark, dark thriller grabs you and won't let go. It questions morality, human nature, Catholicism, divinity, etc. in a pretty interesting way. It is like the german version of ¨Silence of the Lambs¨ but ¨Antibodies¨ is more of a psychological drama. Acting is very competent… More
  This dark, dark thriller grabs you and won't let go. It questions morality, human nature, Catholicism, divinity, etc. in a pretty interesting way. It is like the german version of ¨Silence of the Lambs¨ but ¨Antibodies¨ is more of a psychological drama. Acting is very competent from the two leads, as well as, the cast and the cinematography is very good. In conclusion, this is a very good movie with a very strong script.

• Christopher B

  
  An outstanding horror film that is a cross between Dexter, Silence of the Lambs, The Wicker Man, a certain bible passage and a Jack Ketchum short story I read a while ago. It's great when the maker's of a horror film use their brains and the payoff is just a good as the… More
  An outstanding horror film that is a cross between Dexter, Silence of the Lambs, The Wicker Man, a certain bible passage and a Jack Ketchum short story I read a while ago. It's great when the maker's of a horror film use their brains and the payoff is just a good as the setup. The ending in this one is truly awesome, something I usually fear is not going to happen when a movie's setup is this damned good. I don't want to say much about this one except, "See it".

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