i just can not imagine any possible reason why madsen and hopper want to be in this movie after read the script . they get blackmail maybe . or be they that badly out of money . the main problem with the movie be that it bore . the conversation between madsen and hopper character be pointless and just like the bored chatting between two buddy while drink beer on a saturday night . you never feel for any of the character ( although madsen psycho killer be very likeable and compare to the other character ) . hopper always be a good actor and and madsen do a fine job a the serial killer and otherwise the acting be almost laughable . there be about three scene in the whole movie where something be actually happen and each of them last about three minute . although the talk and think about murder and the nature of murderer scene would have be interesting and if they be scene in a book . the whole concept would have be interest for a novel and but a movie just can not bare with a story with that much inner thinking and so little action .