Within the first ten minutes, the audience is definitely hooked by intrigue. However, this fascination comes not from interest, but rather from confusion. Ian Brady is clearly a psychopath while his girlfriend and Maureen's sister Myra is definitely a mysterious creature. However, the connections to the murders and the four introductory characters is not really established until the end of the first segment leaving the audience to wonder why these two stories are being portrayed simultaneously without any sort of established connection for close to an hour.

Myra, however, takes on a Marilyn Monroe gone terribly wrong persona. Her bleach blonde hair makes her sweet, but her penetrating stare makes her horrifying. Ian is similar in that he appears to be a casual business man, but in reality, he is a cold blooded killer. The two of them enjoy their secret of being completely terrible people and not a soul believes they have done what they have done to numerous victims.

In regards to the scenery, the same landscape is shown repeatedly. However, its artistic beauty gets old rather quickly. It is much similar to driving through a corn filled landscape in that one mountain and patch of grass looks the same as any other. Sure, it is a very aesthetically pleasing sight, but it gets old really fast. It is not until the film is nearly over that its significance is revealed.

In summary, the log line involving the trial is quite false as the trial only last about a half an hour. The scenery is a little dull, but the acting is worth the rental.