{"id":14182,"date":"2015-01-22T22:45:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T04:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=14182"},"modified":"2015-01-23T21:14:28","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T03:14:28","slug":"the-divine-tragedies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=14182","title":{"rendered":"The Divine Tragedies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Serial killers have extreme mental problems, but they are still human and can develop and transform their behaviors.\u00a0 That\u2019s where Jose Prendes’\u00a0The Divine Tragedies <\/em>comes in,\u00a0doing\u00a0an excellent job of getting into\u00a0the minds of a killers.\u00a0 Two brothers, with two different mindsets and personalities, make for a ton of insanity in this thriller.\u00a0 Especially when things get out of control between the brothers and their victims.<\/p>\n

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From the first moment we meet Thomas (Jon Kondelik) and Charles (Graham Denman) we learn how sick and twisted they are when they play games with Doug, a drug addict.\u00a0 They\u2019re not likeable characters, but the more we learn about them and watch them develop they become very intriguing. Thomas is controlling and basically bullies Charles, while Charles is the mama\u2019s boy and always attending to their sick mother, played by Barbara Crampton. The brothers are looking for their first kill and are very selective. The longer they take and evaluate the type of person to kill, it makes you start thinking, what would my first be like? It appears to not be as simple as picking someone off the street as you would think.<\/p>\n

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As the story progresses, the tension and conflict\u00a0increases between the brothers and there\u00a0are actions and twists between them that make\u00a0you wonder which one is crazier. In the first half of the film Thomas and Charles are a team, but things drastically change between them after their first kill.\u00a0 They now\u00a0have different objectives, which doubles the madness.<\/p>\n

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Writer\/Director Jose Prendes\u2019 characters were\u00a0brought to life very well in the film by Graham and Jan.\u00a0 What highlighted the film was the terrific job by Hannah Levien who had dual roles;\u00a0 one being the lovely innocent waitress Genevieve, and the other is the sarcastic, engrossing hooker Vanity, that you would\u00a0want to have a drink with and can listen to her talk all night. The icing on the cake was Barbara Crampton playing the role of the boy\u2019s mother. She appears to be a sweet mother, but later we discover who she really is and how her history contributes to her son\u2019s killing habits. Ken Foree must have been in the law enforcement at some point in his life, because\u00a0he did an excellent job as Detective Homer.<\/p>\n

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