Into the Abyss (2011)
Directed by Werner Herzog
Genres - Crime |
Sub-Genres - Law & Crime, Social Issues |
Release Date - Sep 2, 2011 (USA - Unknown), Nov 11, 2011 (USA - Limited), Nov 11, 2011 (USA) |
Run Time - 107 min. |
Countries - Germany, United Kingdom, United States |
MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog uses a disturbing triple homicide that took place in Conroe, Texas, as a springboard to exploring capital punishment in this challenging, thought-provoking documentary. In late 2001, Texas teens Jason Burkett and Michael Perry were arrested for a pair of murders related to a car theft gone horribly awry. Ten years later, Perry sits on death row awaiting execution, and Burkett languishes in prison with a lifetime sentence. Through interviews with the condemned man, his partner-in-crime, friends and relatives of both, local policemen, and the prison official in charge of carrying out executions, Herzog presents an unflinching portrait of the capital-punishment process, one that raises numerous questions about the high price we pay in our quest for justice.
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capital-punishment, death, death-row, execution, justice, prison, punishment