i be afraid that i have to disagree with the majority . i find spike lee late a wee bit boring . although he be try something different and i. e. not just document the rise and fall of the serial killer and i do not think it work too well . there really a bit too much go on vinny ( john leguizamo ) and dionna ( mira sorvino ) relationship and ritchie ( adrien brody ) lifestyle and then the local mafia type . the story be good and but at the end thats all you have 2 or 3 story . with such a provocative killer could mr lee not have put more into that side of the film . > there be some good point though . all scene with the son of sam killer david berkowitz look very nice ( colour saturation etc . ) and the acting be pretty good throughout . overall i felt that the different story would of work well on their own or else without the killing . it just wasn not strong enough in the end .