Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

2000

Action / Crime / Documentary

10
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 10220 10.2K

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Plot summary

Revisiting the 1994 Arkansas murder of three 8-year-old boys and the three teenagers convicted of the crime. A follow up to Paradise Lost, Revelations features new interviews with the convicted men, as well as with the original judge and police investigators.

Director

Joe Berlinger Photo
Joe Berlinger

Top cast

Jason Baldwin Photo
Jason Baldwin as Self
Leeza Gibbons Photo
Leeza Gibbons as Self
Ted Koppel Photo
Ted Koppel as Self - Newscaster
David Burnett Photo
David Burnett as Self
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1.2 GB
968*720
English 2.0
NR
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29.97 fps
2 hr 13 min
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2.22 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
29.97 fps
2 hr 13 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by FranciscoVale 6 / 10

PSA: You can skip this one

You can absolutely skip part 2 of paradise lost and just watch part 1 and 3.They made a faux paus here where they focused their attention on a crazy guy that they tought was guilty and gave him way too much screen time. After watching part 3 this film feels inconsequential and a waste of time.All of this is pretty funny considering the hypocracy of acusing someone of something with no evidence just because they are different, like the police and prosecuters did with Damien.I gave parte 1 and 3 both 9/10, they were great and the Metallica music fits perfectly with the themes of these documentaries and it's connection to the kids.
Reviewed by SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain 8 / 10

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000)

The first film was so successful at causing doubt that a lot of restrictions were placed on this second film. Now only one parent of the murdered boys is willing to take part, no footage is allowed to be recorded in court, and the attorneys of two of the accused will not be interviewed. As such, this film has to struggle to find more things to detail, and also has less scope than the original. This film is mostly about saying that it could have been somebody else. They find reported teeth marks on one of bodies, which some experts argue aren't teeth marks and some say that they are. All this means is that how can we trust "experts" when they argue with each other. A lot of focus is placed on John Mark Byers. Here is a man that comes off as mentally unstable, has a violent and drug filled past, lies (or is at least very confused) about aspects of his life. How can you tell three different stories about how you lost your teeth? I mean really different stories. It's aggravating that somebody with such a poor grasp on reality cannot even consider the boys' innocence (I've read that now he does). His wife dies due to undetermined causes and still he is less of a subject than the three boys. Again, this film isn't about who did it, only that it may not have been these boys, and there is no real evidence to suggest that it was. I'm glad these guys are now out of jail, and hope Berlinger and others will continue their investigations to find the real killers, even if that just means finding proof that it was these boys.
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