Violent biopics that explore the life of psychopaths and impulsive killers are one of the favorite topics in Hollywood when it comes to developing films and series, after all we all like to walk that precise journey where we are discovering all the evil layers that a disturbed person can have, however, I had never seen a film that captured in such a vivid and detailed way the disturbed mind of a psychopath as this film does.

The House That Jack Built is a strong film, bloody and very clear in the way to explore the mind of a murderer, here we have no half measures, in this film the whole process of development of the story is frenetic and exciting.

[Source](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/398173-the-house-that-jack-built?language=en-US) # # The Plot. # The House That Jack Built focuses on the life of a serial killer dedicated to committing violent crimes in controlled environments, crimes that although they do not happen so often are ruthless and savage, crimes that can be detonated at any time by a man who in addition to being upset by something that makes him a psychopath also possesses a tic of compulsion that gives that sadistic touch to the story. The plot is developed in the form of suspense through a series of conversations where it is the same protagonist who unfolds the story, yes, here we will not have a chronological story where we will gradually follow the steps of the murderer, in this film everything is partially covered in a mantle of thriller and suspense that makes the scenes stand out because they happen unexpectedly. Imagine just for a moment sitting down to talk to a man and that suddenly he ends up telling you all the crimes he has committed, yes, the script is extremely cryptic.

Although the pace of the film is somewhat slow because of the type of narration they chose to incorporate, the story never falls into the tedious because being developed in an atmosphere of intrigue constantly make us want to know more about the crimes, the eternal dialogues become somewhat addictive because they are accompanied by extremely strong and sadistic moments where they reflect the massacres that the protagonist committed. Another wonderful thing about the plot is the deep form that exposes the feelings and thoughts that make life in the mind of a murderer, the film becomes a walk through the fetishes and impulses of a totally damaged man, a man who knows what it is and accepts it wonderfully. Here we will not have any idealization of the psychopath here we will have pure and hard reality, the murderer knows what it is and likes to be it, in fact, he sees murder as a kind of art.

[Source](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj48ZaB2sDlAhVhvlkKHS2MCuUQjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmovieweb.com%2Fthe-house-that-jack-built-mpaa-controversy-unrated-screenings%2F&psig=AOvVaw1JTZ2QaPEzIu7mkYPnw_Cg&ust=1572412172698033) # Unlike other films that use murder stories as a focus to branch out other elements, here we have the murderer as the main and only element, the film does not dress him or move away from the murderer at any point. # # Personal Opinion. # I really liked the film because it manages to capture in detail all the features of a corrupted mind, a mind capable of doing all kinds of violent acts and taking pride for those acts. It is not usual to see a film with a murderer so bloody and above all so complex that he never regrets or tries to get rid of his crimes and this is something remarkable because it gives us a more real vision of the psychopathy that damaged minds develop. Undoubtedly this is not a film that everyone will enjoy, as it has a lot of gore elements that are not easy to see, but it is also a film that takes full advantage of the dialogues to turn them together with the murders into the essence of the film. # [Source](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiv_cLX2sDlAhVCwFkKHXPiA_wQjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Farticle%2Fthe-house-that-jack-built-review-f7kwjhsvq&psig=AOvVaw1JTZ2QaPEzIu7mkYPnw_Cg&ust=1572412172698033) # Undoubtedly a film that puts Matt Dillon at the top, its performance is sublime, wonderful, catching and above all very frightening. The actor manages fantastically to transmit all the inhuman condition of a corrupted man who only wants to finish a house, and of course to delight himself by killing people, a man who not only prides himself on killing but also boasts about it and justifies it in comparisons full of an extremely satirical black humor. The way in which Matt Dillon manages to show the worst face of a man is sensational because it really scares, scares by the way he talks, by the way he acts and even by the way he looks at others, basically the actor becomes himself a sadistic killer. Undoubtedly a performance that is complemented by the strings of argument that the actor constantly transmits to explain his behavior, and do not misunderstand me, he does not use these monologues to justify himself but to enlarge his "art".

Generally speaking, a really entertaining film about an atypical man who is broken inside, a man who doesn't show emotion because he simply doesn't perceive it, a man whose satisfaction is to kill in a spectacular way, but with a certain touch of meaning. The film is undoubtedly gore but it also incorporates a lot of black comedy into its plot to lower the violent tone, something that gives a very entertaining touch to the plot making it unique.

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