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Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)

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Summary: A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas and spent nearly 20 years in prison... (imdb)
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Country: USA
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na mjf333
80
T7
na Plooming
77
T5
na filmcricket
81
T10
na alexlma
8
T7
na Gody85
50
T6
na DTI
82
T6
na DaeSanye
7
T8
na Charlie
75
T7
na BillyShears
70
T6
There's like 50 minutes of new stuff padded into clips from the first two, i dont even care anymore. WHATEVER PEOPLE.
na agathon
79
T7
na hellboy76
80
T10
Obviously does not have the shock value of the first (or even the second) film, but a it definitely has a happier ending.
na chefreinhold
8
T6
na Monster
90
T9
na Warren
76
T4
na NoSex
70
T5
na td888
78
T9
I didn't know anything that happened after the second documentary, so this was sort of a surprise ending (?). It's interesting to note the roles of Judge David Burnett and jury foreman Kent Arnold. I wish they had done some more research on these two. It's also kind of sad that probably a fling of the wife of Terry Hobbs initiated all this mess. But who knows, maybe future events will warrant a fourth documentary. I'll be sure to watch it.
na TheAlliance
82
T8
na BadSmile
70
T8
na bprosser10
79
T7
na Pingy
88
T6
na doctor7
90
T10
This should be called Paradise Lost 3: Catharsis as far as I'm concerned. Well, kind of, I think you may want to all the people involved in the conviction of the West Memphis Three to go to jail themselves even more when the travesty of justice they committed comes to complete fruition and they still stand by saying they did the right thing.
na filmaffinity
77
T10
na alexandrsaar
81
T9
na stoker
70
T8
na avgcrtckr
76
T10
na OiPaulOi
85
T9
na Gordon Cole
95
T10
na pillowpants
90
T10
na fahasch
100
T9
na jkwall
8
T9
Berlinger and Sinofsky already had screenings of the film scheduled when the 3 were abruptly released from prison. You can feel that rush to an ending a bit but overall it's still a great film. My only real complaint is that the film never makes much of an effort to apologize to Byers, who they spent 90% of the last film accusing and now praise as the rational one.
na strangelime
80
T5
na aaronwhat
90
T8
na Jorg
3
T9
na ladymcbeath
90
T10
Although there might not be much new for people who have closely followed this case. The documentary does help guide the viewer through the events leading up to what they thought was going to be a new evidentary trial to how it became an Alford Plea scenario. I do have to agree with fellow reviewers in that I would have liked to see a more human side to the documentary. I know that when the epilogue played out for me in reality it was a very emotional time, which I didn't get from this doc
na wayofthegun
80
T7
It's a very intriguing case and I appreciate the documentaries, but the 2nd and now 3rd installments are mostly clips from the previous films. If you don't have enough original material for a full-length documentary, they just have a 45-minute or hour-long special.
na norval_jones
70
T3
na Gideon
3
T10
na krf7
85
T8
Would've actually preferred a little more sappiness given the circumstances; was a bit too procedural.
na anonconmatt
60
T7
na imdb
79
T10
na NRM02
52
T5
na matty5190
73
T3
na Amember
12
T10
na Mattsdmf
83
T8
na lotr23
70
T8
na Bandy
77
T7
na micmac•
71
T6
na Kavu
80
T8
The title is a bit off-putting but the movie itself is actually pretty good, at least if you haven't seen the first two.
na RetinaScan
70
T4
na schnofel
59
T5
na Daffy6964
88
T9
na TalkShowH
70
T7
na ozonepaul
89
T6
na wokhedinn
50
T5
Follows a lot of the same traps as Revelations, including an overly accusatory stance on Terry Hobbs that continues to miss the point of the original film. Paradise Lost 3 serves less as a documentary and more as an epilogue or "where are they now" stamp on this bizarre tale of injustice. Anyone interested should check out the first film and watch the final 20 minutes of this film. The rest of this trilogy is filler.
na Aron Ericson
78
T9
na LouisMazzini
77
T7
na JohnSandwich
80
T9
na Meta Critic
85
T10
na jeff_v
75
T8
na killersmalls
85
T8
na KasperL
80
T9
Very solid addition to the horrifying true crime saga. I won't spoil the recent developments for those who don't know, just note that I saw the TIFF cut to which 12 minutes will be added, apparently. This third film does a good job of recapping the first precisely, using old - and some new - material. It's both good and hard to see the three convicts so many years later and this time Byers, in a perfect reversal, (once again) dominates the frame. All of the interviews are incredibly captivating.
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