A Don’t F**K With Cats review is something we’ve been requested to do since the day it dropped. Being Christmas I didn’t fancy reviewing anything negative around such a happy holiday but the time has come. Christmas has passed and its back down to the dark stuff!
Netflix must have a thing about series with ‘Don’t F**k’ in the title lately. Firstly we have Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up and now we have the much darker Don’t F**k With Cats, a true-crime documentary with a twist. This documentary revolves around an online internet killer and the members of the public who acted like social media detectives to hunt this man down.
Through good detective work from animals lovers across the internet, our killer is located. It’s incredible to see how they found him purely from tells in his videos. A pack of cigarettes that were from North America in addition to a vacuum cleaner only sold in North America had his location pinpointed.
Sometime later his identity was revealed to be that of Luke Magnotta. A young man obsessed with serial killers, a man who lacked remorse and wasn’t afraid to almost brag arrogantly about his kills for the world to see in these videos.
How to Catch a Killer
Whilst many documentaries gloss over the ins and outs of how this killer is caught this particular one hones in on it. We are on the frontline hunting this guy as thou the case is ongoing in the very moments we’re watching. It feels very live, very raw and very real. The whole programme is structured like some serial thriller drama rather than an actual true-crime story.
We are thrown curveballs along the way and are misdirected at every opportunity. It’s a nice touch as the series is putting us into the shoes of the people who lived this experience. We’re getting amped up hoping this bastard gets caught and when we take a one-way road down a dead end. We’re disheartened.
When there’s a breakthrough or a shed of evidence that comes to light bringing the group closer to finding him we’re elated. It’s such a great way of portraying this documentary. Just give me a pipe, a hat and a long trench coat and I’m Sherlock Holmes this evening.
Overall
Don’t F**k With Cats is a series that throws the dangers of social media in our face for all to see. The darker side of the web exposed. At the same time, we also see the benefits of social media. How strangers banded together to hunt this guy down and bring him to justice.
Luke Magnotta has this whole Charles Manson comparison in my mind. A man who chased fame and when it collapsed resorted to other methods of making himself ‘known’. A very dark exploration into what some people will do for recognition by any means necessary.
Don’t F**K With Cats review by Sean Evans
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Summary
Dark and disturbing this documentary explores the darkest corners of the internet containing the worst of the worst. But fear not, if you can suffer the sick and the twisted, the dark and depraved you’ll find a glimmer of hope in the group of people who worked night and day to bring this killer down.
