The Killing of John Lennon on DVD is a fact based drama based on the point of view of John Lennon’s murderer Mark Chapman. You are personally invited to share in the thoughts of a self-obsessed maniac. All the words and thoughts come from Chapman himself taken from his diaries and interviews about the killing: no writer’s interference.
The two times that Chapman has met Lennon was: once to ask for an autograph and the second time...well we all know about the second time which takes place several hours later. Of course, anybody who has ever heard about this (who hasn’t) knows what the ending is like, but the movie builds suspense by reminding how many days, hours, and minutes are left before the killing. You will go through every twist and turn in Chapman’s mind and know that nothing could save John Lennon from this man. You will not see any sorrow because this movie is based off of Chapman’s side of the story.
The man who plays Chapman played Napoleon Dynamite (Jonas Ball), he did a great job portraying this man. The film is very, very well made.
