Steeped in thriller cliches, this risk-taking morality tale neglects narrative drive in favor of exploring its protagonist's psychological redemption. French expatriate Xavier Lombard (Daniel Auteuil) ekes out a living as a private eye in London. Out of the blue, a former police associate, Carlos (Ciaran Hinds), contacts him to locate about a case. Unlike Lombard, Carlos has traded in cop work for better things, namely marriage to socialite Deborah Spitz (Nastassja Kinski) and entree to her father's lucrative leather goods company. Carlos' wealthy, ne'er-do-well brother-in-law, Leon, is missing. He's also a recovering heroin addict who's disappeared before, so Lombar...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
102 mins