That was an excellent one.

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Okay. I was reading about serial killers around the world and David Berkowitz popped up. Then I find this movie. It really sucked. I didn't learn much more than I had already read. In fact I feel like i knew more than the filmmakers. And it was really really boring. And Spike Lee is rather impressive. Its an old movie (okay, not vintage old but old enough), perhaps it just didn't age well? Perhaps watching an old movie depicting and even older time period one can see the 90's reinventing the 70's instead of just trying to tell the story of Son of Sam. What a waste of time. Pity. I guess I should have read the synopsis: "Spike Lee's take on the Son of Sam" I don't care about his take on the matter, I wanted to know more about the matter.

Summer of Sam is a movie that would help you understand the 70's culture in my opinion. The movie at least shows how it was to be young back then.I give it a seven out of ten because this film was lacking just little important things. The story gets confusing during some of the film . The director "Spike Lee" did a horrible job at providing a back story for some of the characters.But besides that it is a good film with graphic materiel. I wouldn't recommend this movie to any one under the age of 15 because of the sex scenes and inappropriate langue.The film shows things I didn't know what was going on such as bathhouses, and punk rock clubs where bands can play music. Or even a walk in porn theater things was different in the 70's.The film did a good job at covering that.

Summer of Sam (1999): Dir: Spike Lee / Cast: John Leguizamo, Mira Sorvino, Adrian Brody, Michael Rispoli, Jennifer Eposito: Supposedly based on an actual case in 1977 involving the shooting murders of young brunette women at night. It was the summer of fear and Sam was the name that caused women to wear blonde wigs. John Leguizamo plays a womanizer who cheats on his girlfriend yet feels guilty when he enters a murder site under police investigation. Mira Sorvino plays his girlfriend who works in her father's restaurant. Adrian Brody steals scenes as a misunderstood guy brandishing a Mohawk and wearing dog collars. He does erotic strip dances in gay bars while at home his parents have forced him to live in the garage. Screenplay is not so much about the killer as it is about the everyday lives affected by his reality. Different film for Spike Lee who examines the fear within the characters. He previously made Do the Right Thing. Leguizamo is superb as the guilt ridden cheater whose emotional decay affects everyone. Sorvino plays his girlfriend who questions him and awaits the drug ridden truth. Brody steals the film as the target due to his lifestyle and actions. Michael Rispoli leads the mob after the killer and suspects Brody. He convinces Leguizamo to help set him up. Superb filmmaking highlighting human hysteria at its most lethal. Score: 9 / 10

At the time I watched Summer of Sam, it had an average rating of 6.6/10 on IMDb. For a while, I didn't think much of the movie, as I didn't think it was supposed to be very good. However, after reading Roger Ebert's praising review, I decided to check it out. 2 hours and 20 minutes later, I was amazed. How is this movie not talked about more? This is easily one of Spike Lee's best films, along with Do the Right Thing and 25th Hour. A small detail that tells a lot about what to expect is the film's title. Most people expected a profile of the Son of Sam serial killer. However, the movie is called SUMMER of Sam, which tells what the film is about. It's about the time period and the paranoia that gripped New York during the killings, not the killer himself. There are several scenes showing the killer's life, who is played excellently by underrated actor Michael Baddalucco, but these scenes do not take up the majority of the film. Though he isn't the main character, the film belongs to Adrien Brody as wannabe punk rocker Richie, who is slowly believed to be the Son of Sam by his paranoid friends. His performance is eccentric, dramatic, and just close enough to over-the-top to be believable. The film's best sequence is about halfway through the film, in which Richie rocks out to The Who in his garage, and the scene is dazzlingly intercut with Richie moonlighting as a dancer in a sleazy club and the killer doing his business. I must also give a large applause to the film's top notch editing and soundtrack which play a big part in making the film unique. Despite any negative reviews you've heard, I highly recommend this film for any fan of unique thrillers and Spike Lee's other work.