

Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.
Acting
JCVD's genuinely committed descent into junkie hell.
Practical Effects
That bathroom fight deserves more respect than it got.
Direction
Fellows commits to the grime when others would've gone glossy.

Director
Simon Fellows
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
JCVD was deep in his own substance struggles during this era, making his junkie cop performance uncomfortably method.
Part of a 2000s wave of aging action stars going 'serious'—think Seagal's 'Exit Wounds' era but somehow more sincere.