A district attorney is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney and a cryptic stranger.
Acting
Chiwetel Ejiofor elevating every scene he's in.
Cinematography
Sleek blue-tinted noir visuals punching above budget.
Production
That cast for THIS script — Hollywood is wild.
Director
Wayne Beach
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Wayne Beach's only directorial credit — he was primarily a screenwriter who wrote The Art of War and Murder at 1600.
The film's exploration of racial passing arrived the same year as Neil LaBute's more celebrated remake of The Wicker Man — 2005 was not kind to stylized thrillers.
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