Erroll Babbage has spent his career tracking sex offenders and his unorthodox methods are nearly as brutal as the criminals he monitors. When he links one of his deranged parolees to the disappearance of a local girl, he and his new partner must scour the S&M underground to find her before it's too late.
Acting
Gere commits fully to being absolutely repugnant. Respect.
Direction
Andrew Lau's Hollywood debut stumbles hard after Infernal Affairs brilliance.
Director
Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Richard Gere
Erroll Babbage
Claire Danes
Allison Lowry
KaDee Strickland
Viola Frye
Ray Wise
Bobby Stiles
Russell Sams
Edmund Grooms
Avril Lavigne
Beatrice Bell
Kristina Romero
Harriet Wells
Dwayne L. Barnes
Vincent Dennison
Matt Schulze
Glenn Custis
Debrianna Mansini
Harriet's Mother
Ed Ackerman
Louis Kessler
French Stewart
Haynes Ownby
Carmen Serano
Woman in Gorilla Suit
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Andrew Lau's first and last American feature after the massive success of Infernal Affairs—the culture clash between Hong Kong kineticism and grimy US exploitation thriller is painfully visible.
The film's 5.6 rating reflects its identity crisis: too sleazy for prestige crowds, too self-serious for exploitation fans, and Gere's performance too genuinely committed for the schlock surrounding it.
US
