Burndown

Before BURNDOWN self-destructs in its ludicrous finale, it's a potent action thriller that benefits from news-headline immediacy and biting cynicism about small-town corruption. In the opening sequence, a beautiful motorist is tricked into believing she's run over someone on a fog-shrouded roadway near Thorpeville. When she investigates the macadam, she's mauled to death by a taloned creature. While trying to solve this third case in a bizarre murder spree, sheriff Jake Stern (Peter Firth) is informed that all of the dead women have been sexually assaulted. By accident, Jake and Doc Roberts (Michael McCabe), a pathologist, also discover that the most recent victim'...