I'm not going to say I liked it because I think it's impossible to like or enjoy a film like this. What I will say it's incredibly done, and it does the job extremely well. This is exactly how I imagine the sickest serial killers living their lives. It feels authentic; so authentic I even forgot I was watching a movie. Nauseating, disturbing, shocking, and brutal right from the start, and then it gets worse from there. It's not for everyone, to say the very least. But if you have the stomach for this kind of shock-horror film and you're interested in the absolute madness of serial killers, this film is worth watching. Just once.

Catching this before it leaves Shudder. I don’t even know where to start. This unfiltered character study about a notoriously pathetic German serial killer is very tough to sit through. It's just unrelentingly bleak and depressing. You can smell the rot and feel the desperation and hopelessness as you watch it but you also can't take your eyes off the screen. I can't say I like this, because I feel depressed and grossed out, but that's clearly what it’s going for so it’s a success. There is no glorification of a serial killer here as the film doesn't attempt to make you feel for him. It also offers an interesting commentary on alcoholism with surprising pitch black humor thrown in. This is for sure not for the faint of heart.

This film achieves a very unsettling realism.

_The Golden Glove_ is an epic poem to a shit left unflushed for over a week. Most people see an ode to the grotesque and notice only the ugliness while overlooking the poetry. Yet those who have come face to face with the foul will find the elegance in this film about German serial killer Fritz Honka. The rest will have little left with which to digest the story but disgust. Sadly, what could've been a remarkable film is ruined by an overabundance of unnecessary man-on-woman violence which reduces this tribute to pain into a puerile obsession with misogyny.

This is definitely not for everyone, but I found it to be an amazing film...for what it is. This is not "horror", but it IS "horrific" in the fact that it was based on actual events. What is most impressive is not the violence, the brutality, or the sick perversion of Fritz Honka; what's most impressive (to me, anyway) is how beautifully the film captures the sheer hopelessness of this society. This doesn't feel like you're watching actors on a set. Instead, it actually feels like you're watching a real-life behind-the-scenes documentary with cameras running in some of the bleakest parts of Hamburg, Germany. From the drab, dreary, smoke-filled alcoholic atmosphere of the bar to the utterly vile apartment strewn with faded porn pictures, the entire movie captures the most dreary world completely devoid of hope, dreams, or love. You're left not so much with the shock of Honka's crimes (violent though they were) but the brutal reality of the harshest places in life. I wouldn't recommend this unless you can view a film as "art" and not strictly "entertainment". This was art at its absolute best, and although the movie wasn't the most riveting I've ever watched, this was completely brilliant. Someone should have won an award for this.