A quality film and utterly believable.Serial killer movies almost always get it wrong. They make the killer out to be Hannibal Lector or someone of his ilk: super-sophisticated and highly intelligent. In the real world they are creepy losers and the only reason they can get away with it for so long is that they kill people with no connection to them. They are always sexual deviants and sex is a main part of the motive. There is nothing glamorous about this killer and he isn't some sort of super-villain monster; he's just a really sick creature.Que Dios Nos Perdone is terrifying in its verisimilitude at every step along in the story telling process. Everything looks and feels as it should from where they people live to the police station to The music was mesmerizing, riveting, and terrifying in equal parts (but at different parts in the narrative).

It's so good to watch a good film with policemen, some thriller and of course the bad guys, but this time it's in an European city, Madrid. Quite better than LA, NY or the rest of exhausted American cities.The couple of actors are superb, especially the tough Alfaro, played by Roberto Álamo. Antonio de la Torre plays the partner, Velarde, a strange character that makes the game more interesting.Of course the movie is full of topics or even scenes that remind some other similar films, but it's difficult to do otherwise, because the subject has been repeatedly used as script.There are huge differences but it come to my mind a few times the film Seven. I know that this film is in all the list about the greatest films, but for this reason it's normal that all films about the subject drink a bit from it.

Watching this movie is waste of time. Although the actors are great, really great, and the script promising of a wonderful time, the conclusion is utterly disappointing. Seems like the writer ran out of ideas, and created a finishing without any logical connection to the rest of the movie, introducing a "deus ex machine" closure. Pity

Que Dios nos perdone (May God Forgive Us) Gripping crime thriller set in Madrid. The film does the job and does it well.The plot is straightforward: Madrid 2011, a string of heinous crimes,two unorthodox cops on the hunt for the serial killer.Pacing,editing,photography and camera-work is neat and effective and director Rodrigo Sorogoyen wisely avoids the usual gimmicks and tricks that are used to convey mood and suspense in conventional thrillers. The serial killer behaves likes A criminal that doesn't want to get caught. He becomes more and more hateful as the film progresses.While sticking to the serial killer plot the script allows space to explore the character and private life of the two cops (an aggressive family man and an introvert stutterer) There is also a third protagonist which is the city of Madrid itself with its houses, staircases and landings , the streets in the center and the anonymous housing blocks of the suburbs. As a Spanish language film it strongly reminded me of one of the masterpieces of this century, J.J. Campanella's Oscar awarded "The Secret in Their Eyes" (El segreto de sus ojos, 2009). Hollywood turned "The Secret.." into a clumsy remake, I hope they'll think twice before doing the same with May God Forgive Us.