It unravels at the exact point when he is allowed a long diatribe which doubles up as a confession, the build-up of the dread dissipating as he rants on...

The police work is scanty, the punishments are fleetingly mentioned, yet the makers suggest that this is indeed how the Nithari murders and investigation panned out.

Despite good performances and filmmaking, the writing doesn’t deliver.

Based on the high-profile Nithari killings, Sector 36 is less about identifying the perpetrators and more about an investigation into what led — and leads — to the perpetuation of such crimes.