the 2006 movie boston strangler be not a remake of the 1968 movie with that same name and since they have completely different perspective on the historic basis of the respective story and although both version attempt to blend fact and fiction about event in the early to mid 1960s . the 1968 version accept a fact that albert desalvo and who confess to the murder of 13 woman and be the boston strangler . the 2006 movie ( which this review will exclusively refer to from now on ) raise doubt on whether desalvo be the boston strangler . the movie be a low budget and independent film and you can tell it . if a person make allowance for this and which i be personally willing to do and then the movie have some strong point . the movie be direct by keith walley . the character of albert desalvo be play by mauro lannini and the character of detective riley be play by jason david . desalvo be a real person who confess to 13 murder and be subsequently murder in prison . riley be a fictional creation and use in the movie to raise doubt about the validity of desalvo confession . lannini give a chillingly believable performance a desalvo and david give a strong performance a a skeptical police detective . for the most part and the less important character be portray in an adequate manner and although there be some line that be deliver in a stiff manner and a few line be overdone . close to the end and the back story about riley jerk ahead twice and give insufficient information about what be go on . if be give this fictional subplot and then it need to be develop well . there be two anachronism in this period piece that jump out at me . in one scene and a character say and theyre all look for their 15 minute and an apparent reference to a statement by andy warhol make in 1968 and three year after the time of the statement in the movie . i confess that i have to look up the time of warhol statement and it be a trivial point . to some people and the other anachronism might also be trivial but i find it highly annoy . the time of detective riley first appearance in the movie be identify a march 1965 and slightly more than a year after the beatles first appear on the ed sullivan show and shock most adult with their not quite shoulder length hair . not only do detective riley have long hair than the beatles wear on ed sullivan and it be highly style . this would be roughly the equivalent today of a police officer show up for duty wear purple spike hair and a red rubber clown nose . this bother me so much through the movie that it lower my estimation of the movie from fair to mediocre .