A serial slayer thriller that fails to wring maximum suspense from its crime-solving gimmick, which echoes the classic M (1931) by pitting both gangsters and cops against a DERANGED child killer. When the bodies of young girls start turning up in their city's basin, detectives Ed DeLongpre (Dennis Hopper) and Michael McGivern (Frederic Forrest) hustle to make a quick arrest, driven by visceral horror of child murder. By contrast, their boss, Captain Neiman (Chuck Shamata), and Mayor Hackett (Elizabeth Shephard) react pragmatically: A crime is no good for property values, and the crime scene abuts property the Mayor has designated for the proposed Falconetti Stadium. ...
Released:
2002
Rated:
n/a
Length:
97 mins