A hardened cop tries to unravel the past to discover whether a violent teenager was responsible for the murder of his family. A confused fifteen-year-old runaway becomes enthralled with the young man.
Acting
Crowe's whispered menace vs. Foster's blank-eyed ambiguity — who predator?
Cinematography
Grey-blue upstate NY decay, all wet roads and fluorescent dread.
Direction
Polson keeps you guessing which hunter you're following.
Director
John Polson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Robert Cormier's final novel; the author died the year before filming.
Crowe took this role between Oscar bait films — his underplayed performance was deliberately anti-heroic after American Gangster's flash.
US
