In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men. However, he's surprised to discover a scintillating connection with one of his targets. As their secret connection deepens and internal pressure to deliver arrests intensifies, he finds himself torn between duty and desire.
Acting
Blyth's trembling restraint, Tovey's guarded warmth—chemistry that hurts
Direction
Emmi shoots Syracuse like a trap closing slowly
Writing
Dialogue so spare you hear every unspoken word
Director
Carmen Emmi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film deliberately echoes Cruising and Brokeback Mountain but centers the entrapped rather than the entrapper's angst.
Blyth and Tovey developed their characters' physical vocabulary through weeks of silent rehearsal—every touch in the film was choreographed like fight scenes.
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