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German police raid a warehouse apartment and arrest serial
killer Gabriel Engel. Admitting to the depraved sexual killings
of several boys, he is nevertheless tight-lipped about the
details. After having shown some of the locals a hard time
over the abduction and death of a little girl, a rural policeman
arrives in the big city to find out if Engel was responsible.
The man denies it, but states he knows who the perpetrator
was because he witnessed the crime. However, when Engel begins
playing psychological games the country cop leaves. Later,
he discovers the undergarments of the dead boys hidden in
the psycho's apartment, each with dried semen on. When those
of the dead girl are found, the case is all but closed. Forensic
tests though identify two different traces of semen this time,
and the cop's original instinct of a local from his own district
being responsible seems justified. But as the locals become
angry and edgy, the small town officer must once again face
the mind-games of Engel...
This
German psychotic thriller with English subtitles owes much
to the original Manhunter and The Silence of the
Lambs. All the elements are there: The imprisoned multiple
killer; the slightly naive cop that is obliged to face him;
the help with a killer on the outside (at a price); and an
item which goes missing in his cell.
However,
even though you can probably guess who the girl's attacker
was (an established murder mystery novel structure is employed,
which points the finger at a character who's too obvious to
make you believe it, before following it through as if it's
a surprise), and nothing that happens is particularly original,
it is handled quite well.
What
makes it work is how the country policeman sees himself. He
is a devout Catholic who looks on his life and work as all
that is good, battling all that is evil. His first meeting
with Engel proves instrumental in making him doubt himself,
and actually enjoy exploring his dark side, although he feels
eminently guilty afterward and actually physically punishes
himself.
Antibodies is probably not the type of film most people
will want to watch repeatedly, but for lovers of fictional
crime, murder mystery and police procedures, it will certainly
stand a single viewing.
Ty
Power
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