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Walden (previously called The Stenographer) is a 2023 American horror movie written and directed by Mick Davis starring Emile Hirsch and Shane West. It's about a mild-mannered court reporter (Hirsch) who becomes a milquetoast serial killer who murders killers who get off scot-free in court due to loopholes and technicalities when he develops a brain tumor.
Walden is painfully shy, but driven, attending a stenographer class trying to break the world record of 360 words a minute with 361. He comes damn close. His friend Judge Boyle (David Keith) wants him to spend his time on something more productive, finding a Miss Right. In time, one of the young women in the stenographer class corners him, questioning him on why he's so laser-focused. Unfortunately, he blows her off.
But then the brain tumor hits, and he begins to date the woman who cornered him, the lovely-and-wealthy Emily Duperon (Kelli Garner). A romance ensues.
Walden is a praying man but, frustrated at these monsters walking away from convictions, he tells God he won't be praying anymore, and good luck with your do-nothing strategy.
He commences killing murderers who beat the system, including a crackhead who torched his three-year-old daughter in an oven, then gets out and buys a new oven. Walden ties him up and fries his head in said oven.
Yet the murders continue after the brain surgery. When Walden, now a drinker, finally got laid, I was so happy for him. And if Detective Bill Kane (West), and his vivacious partner, Sally Hunt (Tania Raymonde), catch him, what are they going to do, give him a medal? I would.
If you haven't seen it already, go for it! I found it a special film in the same vein of Slingblade. Enjoy!
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