The year is 1995. Se7en comes out and changes thriller cop films and ushers in a new Era of extremist grungy 90s aesthetic. But what ELSE came out in 95?
Copycat is by all definitions "some thriller movie" that most people don't acknowledge and which was certainly glossed over that year in favor of Se7en, which beat it to release, but according to Wikipedia Copycat had some success and good reviews.
Sigourney Weaver, post Alien 3, stars as an agoraphobic psychologist or something, and she helped stopped killer Cullum. Now a new serial killer is active in San Francisco and once again Weaver is tapped by cops Holly Hunter and Dermot Mulroney to help. Soon enough Weaver discovers their serial killer is copying well known killers from history, and that he is somehow connected to Cullum, who she stopped years ago. Thus, the new killer may be after her.
It's a solid cast, and the dynamics of Weaver and Hunter together are nice. I guess originally Hunter was to be a male and love interest for Weaver, glad they lost that angle. The new serial killer Foley is the weakest link, and this definitely leans into the uber genius/ mega stylist way that all killers in modern media are depicted.
It's fine! It's solid. It's forgettable. It made me wonder, though, which completely forgotten nothing movie would be funniest to get a sequel now. The movie would have to be in no way well known, not very successful but not a complete bomb. No impact but large enough in scale to where it actually was released. I guess I'm saying Copycat here is a good candidate. I would go see Copycat 2: Copykill. Everyone is still alive. Cmon Hollywood.
I'll give this 3.5 stars
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