Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story

2013
5.5| 1h25m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 23 March 2013 Released
Producted By: Front Street Pictures
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A man is convicted for killing his father and attempting to murder his mother.

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Drama, Crime

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Norma Bailey

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Front Street Pictures

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MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant
Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation
Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
juneebuggy This was a pretty good Lifetime movie. Well acted by Eric McCormack & Matt Barr with a gripping story that kept me guessing until the very end. Did he do it? The final verdict surprised the hell out of me, not what I was expecting.Based on real events this follows a college student from the quiet town of Delmar New York who was accused of murdering his fathering and badly disfiguring his mother in a vicious attack with an axe. 21-year-old Chris Porco maintains that he's innocent throughout with many of his friends and girlfriends backing him. Eric McCormack plays Detective Sullivan, on a mission to prove his guilt. 05.13
phd_travel This is a fascinating true life murder movie about the brutal axe murder of a man and attempted murder of his wife played by Lolita Davidovich. Their son Chris Porco is convicted of the crimes. He is shown as a bit of a ladies men with several attractive girls infatuated with him and believing in him. He has financial difficulties and conflicts with his parents and some theft and forgeries are involved. This isn't a 100% clear cut case and the movie leaves things like that. There was no physical evidence tying Chris Porco to the crime scene. Plus his mother later said she believed he was innocent. They kind of showed the detective Sullivan (played by Eric McCormack) on some kind of mission to get Chris especially the way he asked her while she was injured. Lolita Davidovich plays the maimed and suffering mother.Lifetime has taken some liberties. The actor chosen Matt Barr is a blond surfer looking type while the real Chris Porco is dark haired and Mediterranean looking. Glamorizes things a bit but it is a movie not a documentary.Worth a watch.
edwagreen This guy is something else. He has a thing going with a lot of girls, including the daughter of the detective investigating the case, who immediately believes that he killed his father and nearly did in his mother as well.Our guy is cool, calculating and anything but submissive. What he has going for him is that the mother was practically comatose when she shook her head when the detective mentioned her son as the killer. Of course, Lolita Davidovitch, who sacrificed her beauty, into that of a woman almost hacked to death, later comes to the aid of her son in court. Lolita does an excellent acting job here.Despite this doubt and others, our jury found Romeo guilty, as he claims innocence to this very day in court.
scerbin One of the worst dramatizations of a true story I have ever seen. Poor script, bad acting, actors, screenplay, etc. It was simply terrible. They took what could have been a great story and ruined it. I only give it a 1 because that was the lowest possible score. Frankly, it should not even get a score. Also, the choice to rewrite the story and fictionalize much of the facts was in my view just dumb. The true story was much better. It was just awful. Don't bother - waste of 2 hours. Watch the documentary that aired after instead. Some of the more interesting facts; such as the husband/wife defense lawyer team were omitted. The actor chosen to play Porco's lawyer was poor suited for the role and fell flat. It was just really, really bad.