When a body is found floating in an upstate New York river, hard-drinking cop Joe Weldon is left with few clues. After uncovering the man's identity - an enigmatic simpleton named Hap - Weldon is led to the crooked hustler who took advantage of Hap and the disturbed, young punk who tormented him. A tale of personal demons, shattered lives, and ultimate redemption.
Acting
Kevin Dillon's weathered, hungover desperation as Weldon.
Direction
Partridge's patient, unflinching gaze at broken people.
Director
Ross Partridge
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ross Partridge directed this after acting in indie darlings of the '90s; it's his feature debut and remains criminally underseen.
The film deliberately subverts noir expectations—Weldon isn't a hero cracking a case, he's a man drowning in the same muck as everyone else.
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