Into the Abyss

(2011)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 288 votes

Genres: Documentary, Crime

Year: 2011

Runtime: 107 мин

Country: United States of America, Germany

Director: Вернер Херцог

Cast: Вернер Херцог, Jason Burkett, Richard Lopez, Damon Hall, Lisa Stolter-Balloun, Charles Richardson, Jared Talbert, Amanda West, Delbert Burkett, Melyssa Burkett

Plot

We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.

Into the abyss explores a triple murder which occurred in the small Texas City of Conroe in 2001. Michael Perry and Jason Burkett, under the influence of alcohol and drugs, murdered a middle-aged housewife; they then gunned down her stepson and his friend. The film features Conversations with the two inmates and those affected by their crime. Unlike many of the films that deal with crimes, into the abyss isn't concerned with figuring out exactly what happened, but rather serves as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.