Screenwriter Wayne Beach's directing debut is a convoluted tale of race, real estate, false identities and the long reach of a gang lord so sly no one has a clue even what he looks like. To say that it owes a considerable debt to THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995) would be an understatement, but it also borrows liberally from the conventions of soft-core erotic thrillers — the kind whose titles invariably include words like "instincts" and "carnal."
Politically ambitious district attorney Ford Cole (Ray Liotta) is being interviewed by U.K. magazine writer Ty Trippin (Chiwetel Ejiofor) when he learns that his star ADA and lover, Nora Timmer (Jolene Blalock), has ...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
93 mins