| Not enough questions are asked by this Netflix documentary, which tells the story of female bodybuilder Sally McNeil, who spent 25 years in prison for killing her husband Another day, another true-crime documentary. This one is from the fons et origo of the genre, Netflix, but exists more at the filler than killer end of the spectrum. Though there is a killer, of course. Right there in the title, in fact. Killer Sally tells the story of former US marine and female bodybuilder Sally McNeil, who was convicted of murdering her husband Ray, another bodybuilder, in 1995. She was released in 2020 after a quarter of a century behind bars. It is, by the warped standards of these things, a pretty simple narrative. There is no heinous miscarriage of justice to be showcased, like Making a Murderer or The Innocent Man did; no twists and turns that cause us to boggle at the extremes ordinary people are capable of going to as, most recently perhaps, Abducted in Plain Sight did. No reinvestigation or inquiry is likely to be mounted: McNeil says she is not interested in anything other than enjoying her freedom. Continue reading... |
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