“Death Pool” (** out of four) was a moody but mediocre psychological thriller about a disturbed young boy who grows up to be a murderous adult (Randy Wayne) who has an insatiable urge to drown good-looking young females when he sees water, due to an abusive childhood incident that he endured. More layers of character development and psychological context than usual for this type of movie but it drowns in its own unpleasantness. Attempts to make comments on childhood trauma and glorification of media violence but is still pretty soft and routine at its core.

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