Sanctimony is a 2000 psychological horror-crime film starring Casper Van Dien, Michael Paré and Eric Roberts.

[1] The film stars Casper Van Dien as Tom Gerrick, Michael Paré as Jim Renart and Eric Roberts as the Lieutenant.

Others in the film include Jennifer Rubin as Dorothy Smith, Catherine Oxenberg as Susan Renart, Michael Rasmussen as Dr. Fricke, Tanja Reichert as Eve, David Millbern as Peter and Birgit Stein as Sandra.

[7] The film's two taglines read "How do you stop the killing" and "There is a serial killer in your neighbourhood..."[1] In an anonymous American town, Tom Gerrick is a Wall Street Whiz Kid.

Detectives Jim Renart and Dorothy Smith are under pressure from their superior to capture the killer, and they finally get a break when Gerrick offers himself for questioning.

By the time the police find out he is the killer, he is on a shooting spree, first on live television during an interviews on "the secret of success", then at his ex-fiancés non-wedding party.

Director Uwe Boll has a great visual style, giving the dark Seattle streets a menacing look, while the cinematography of Mathias Neumann is quite impressive for what is obviously a low budget feature.

"[12] Reviewer M.J. Simpson awarded the film a B+ grade, and wrote: "It would be very easy (and lazy) to see this as a lower-budget spin on American Psycho, which came out around the same time, but the only similarity is that the killer is a yuppie, and we know his identity pretty much from the start.

"[13] Variety gave a mixed review, stating" "Sanctimony is an iron-jawed, unashamedly generic serial-killer thriller let down only by dialogue that's as awkward as the pic's title.

Classily lensed in widescreen and tighter than a rattler's tail, this should be a steady rental earner (and possible cult movie) in mature markets—where the cast of U.S. video regulars will strike chords among buffs—with some theatrical business elsewhere.

"[15] Richard Propes of The Independent Critic gave an unfavorable review, stating: "Sanctimony passes, barely, for one simple reason.