The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

Based on a true story, The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer concerns the notorious Ira Einhorn, a political activist turned murder suspect who eluded Philadelphia police for nearly 20 years. In 1968, Texas-born Holly Maddux (Naomi Watts) left home to attend Bryn Mawr College, and two years later she made ...more

Chiefly notable for a strong pre-Mulholland Drive performance from Naomi Watts, this true-crime miniseries aspires to Helter Skelter status that it never quite achieves, but nonetheless proves to be an engrossing waste of four hours' time. Despite its title, only the last half of Hunt for the Unicorn Killer is devoted to the actual manhunt for '60s-radical-turned-wife-killer Ira Einhorn (Kevin Anderson), overseen with a subdued urgency by the ever-reliable Martin Donovan as Assistant DA Richard ...more