I thought the documentary was very interesting. Even though the reenacted scenes might sometimes appear a little exaggerated in the acting or obviously not real, they are helpful to really vision how the murder happened. I really liked the way the two subjects were introduced because we do not know at first who might be guilty and who is not and having the two subjects being actually interviewed and explain what happened from their perspectives makes it more powerful. The last scene is one of my favorites, where all is filmed is the tape recorder on the table and Harris is being interviewed for one last time. He says that he feels bad for Adams and basically explains how Adams was innocent. If that last interview had been introduced at the beginning of the film it wouldn’t have made the same effect but the fact that it is the last piece of information we get makes us feel even more the injustice that may have happened.
I had never heard of this murder so after finishing the film, I directly looked online to see if Randall Dale Adams was still alive and if he had spent more time in prison. What came up was that a little after the documentary, he was released from prison. Granted, it was not just because this documentary had come out but it did bring light to the matter and creating it the way it was with interviews from him and Harris really made a compelling argument for his innocence, speaking to the idea that documentaries are powerful tools and can make a difference.