Bayou Blue

2011

Crime / Documentary / Drama / News

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 60% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 60%
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 198 198

Plot summary

From 1997 to 2006, serial killer Ronald Dominique raped and killed twenty-three men in poverty- stricken Southeastern Louisiana. Difficulties in apprehending Dominique ranged from the underfunding of law enforcement to a lack of family advocacy for the victims, to the general distraction by other catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina. Bayou Blue meditates on the decay of a community.

Director

Alix Lambert Photo
Alix Lambert

Top cast

Mark Rhodes Photo
Mark Rhodes as Self - Asst. District Attorney
Dennis Thornton Photo
Dennis Thornton as Self - Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
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716.07 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 17 min
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English 2.0
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1 hr 17 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by TxMike

Serial killer in the SE Louisiana bayous.

I was attracted to this film because as a kid growing up in S. Louisiana I often heard my dad refer to Bayou Blue but really never knew what or where it was. Now I know, it became the epicenter of a 9-year murder spree by serial killer Ronald Dominique, a short fat homosexual man that few would ever suspect. Many of the victims were found discarded near where I lived and worked in the 1980s.This documentary is striking because there are no actors, it features families of victims and law enforcement, and the words of Ronald Dominique himself describing the crimes. Curiously also one near victim that managed to escape. Dominique lured men to rape them, he killed them because he feared getting caught and going to jail.What the film lacks is a clear narrative, it never really introduces and summarizes what the whole 1 hour 17 minute presentation is about. We gradually put most of the pieces together but looking up a news article on Dominique is necessary to understand the whole story.While the death penalty could have been in play prosecutors allowed him to plea bargain for several life sentences at Angola State Penitentiary, saying that's what the families wanted, so he could spend a long time suffering and reflecting on his crimes. But some of the families interviewed said they would have preferred his execution.This is not a pleasant subject, in fact it is nauseating. For me it is made so much more so because the images of places and people are so familiar to me. However I am glad I came across it, on Amazon streaming films.
Reviewed by widdol 2 / 10

Worst documentary, no court case?

Terrible, don't bother! It just sort of rambles around, with no discernible ending, no closure.
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