Although this mystery starts off enticingly, it loses sight of its original, RASHOMON-like premise, which is predicated on dueling motives. Detectives Bijou (Barry Burke) and Stevenson (Kane Picoy) rummage through conflicting evidence in the homicide of CEO Josh Damott (Eric Roberts). Was it womanizing or creative accounting that caused his downfall? Like Enron, Josh's firm misled its investors by pre-booking promised capital and though the company itself would have survived an SEC investigation, investors would have taken a bath. Mob big-shot Thomas Petrillo (Cas Anvar), for example, would have lost a cool $50 million. The paranoid Thomas wonders whether Josh could ...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
97 mins