Michael C. Hall’s performance is arguably what made it Dexter A success, as the work of Making a character who enjoys killing people into a lovable antihero isn’t easyAnd it’s interesting how a time travel movie from five years ago had him playing a very different character from Dexter. Dexter spanned eight seasons, a short spin-off, and an upcoming prequel and sequel to Dexter. DexterThe ending was controversial, so the desire to give the character a deserved send-off is understandable.
After seven years of playing DexterThe title character, Dexter Morgan, Hall’s next roles ensured he would not be typecast as a sociopath, playing against his Dexter Persona as a small-town father who accidentally shoots a burglar dead Cold in JulyPresident Kennedy in an episode of British monarchy drama The crownAnd voicing Batman in Justice League: Gods and Monsters. Although Hall returned to the serial killer genre in 2019 With the cyber-thriller movie In the shadow of the moonHis role here is almost the opposite of Dexter’s.
Michael C. Hall plays a police detective who investigates a serial killer in the shadow of the moon
In the Shadow of the Moon premieres in 2019
Netflix In the shadow of the moon It received mixed reviews, with a 58% on Rotten Tomatoes, and although it was criticized for being a mix of genres, the movie has an interesting concept. Hall plays Detective Holt – a character firmly on the side of the law While investigating what appears to be a serial killer who strikes every nine years. Dexter works with the police as a blood spatter analyst but uses his job to cover up his crimes, while Holt is disturbed by the bloody crime scenes in a way that Dexter would not be.
Serial killer movies and TV shows appear to be popular in 2019, with both Mindhunter Season 2 and Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes Arriving on Netflix in addition to In the shadow of the moon and Quentin Tarantino’s Once upon a time in Hollywood be released. There was more Ted Bundy in the biopic movie Extremely bad, shockingly evil and vileWhat was Zac Efron’s most dramatic role change after becoming known as a Disney Channel star. yet, In the shadow of the moon Added a twist that is rarely combined with the serial killer genre: time travel.
In the Shadow of the Moon added a time travel twist to the serial killer movie trope
The killer in the shadow of the moon was on a specific mission
In the shadow of the moon‘s ending confirms that the killer is connected to the chief police officer, Lockhart, and She is trying to stop a catastrophic civil war by traveling back in time And killing the people responsible. Discovering that he was right all along about his time travel theory, and, believing her cause to be correct, Lockhart allows Rhea to complete her mission, changing the future for humanity. The police character who grows to sympathize with the law-breaking character is another serial killer trope that appears in DexterWhich may affect its upcoming sequel.
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Dexter: New Blood Tried to give Dexter Morgan a better ending. But, both Dexter Endings are equally polarizing, with Dexter leaving to become an isolated lumberjack Dexterand die in Dexter: New Blood. the next series, Dexter: Resurrection Seems to imply that Dexter is facing his deathAnd the only likely way he can pull this off is if he has help. Dexter had several police characters who knew about Dexter’s secret murder series, and he probably wouldn’t be able to completely avoid the police in Dexter: ResurrectionAlthough whether they let him go is another matter.