SE7EN-style gloom and doom, combined with derivative plot twists and a singularly icky modus operandi make for a familiar-feeling but sleazily entertaining German procedural that pits mismatched cops against a sadistic uber-killer. Newly graduated police cadet Marc Schrader (August Diehl) spends his downtime getting high at the illegal raves where his girlfriend (Ilknur Bahadir) DJs and doesn't care who knows he intends to spend his working hours doing as little as humanly possible. But veteran Inspector "Killer" Minks (Christian Redl) has other plans for the uniformed slacker. Minks, who's tormented by the disappearance of his teenaged daughter and is rumored to hav...
Released:
2002
Rated:
NR
Length:
108 mins