Product Description

Martin, a young American grad student (Elijah Wood) visiting Oxford, is drawn into a complex murder mystery when his landlady is brutally slain in director Alex de la Iglesia's tense and stylish thriller. The gifted student joins forces with the brilliant Professor Arthur Seldom (john Hurt) to solve a series of murders seemingly linked by a series of codes and symbols.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9097 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-09-01
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 105 minutes

Synopsis
Based on the award-winning novel by Guillermo Martinez, THE OXFORD MURDERS is a gripping crime thriller which concerns a series of strange mathematically-based murders. Elijah Wood stars as Martin, a graduate student at Oxford University who, after finding his landlady murdered, teams up with his Logic professor (John Hurt) to attempt to solve the mathematical clues and symbols and catch the killer.

Customer Reviews

Elks' comments
I have seen the film in the cinema. The plot is quite good and at all times you think you know what it is, but then it changes again. My problem with the film is Elijah Wood. It is just completely unbelievable that two gorgeous looking women find him attractive and want to sleep with him within 24 hours. The biggest joke ever as he is so so UGLY.
Never mind. As mentioned before the plot and the film as such is good.

well i have seen it... unfortunately
Unlike the senseless reviewer who passed judgement on the film without actually watching it.. I managed to sit horrified throughout the whole thing.
For a start it's got 'Euro committee' all over it. Wacky 'foreign' actors, crazy dubbing, weird camera angles. (oooooh. a close up of an eyeball, where did they get that from !). Then it jumps around saying 'look at me, I'm clever, I'll mention Heisenberg and Wittgenstein' like an embarrassing 14 year old. Then it has John Hurt being annoying. Then it has Bilbo or whatever from that film about goblins. Then it has a shouty policeman.
Dreadful.. and really only worth 1 star.. except.. except.. MsWatling... hence 2 big stars...

Oh dear!
i havnt seen this film but it was at the cinemas for less than 2 weeks and had an awful response - i havnt read a single good report about it - which is a shame cuz i liked the sound of it. most reviews say its like a bad tv drama that most people would or should turn off!