Veteran Detective Ed Delopre and partner Mike McGivern have their hands full when they hit the pavement in search of a dangerous killer with five dead bodies already on his record. The mayor, in a rush to see peace restored in her city, makes a deal with the mob instead of waiting for Delopre and McGivern's results. Now that both sides of the law are involved in the killer's capture, the city is turned upside down.
Acting
Hopper brings unhinged gravitas to every scene he chews.
Direction
Vanlint's journeyman work keeps the corruption plot surprisingly coherent.
Director
Derek Vanlint
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was cinematographer Derek Vanlint's only directing credit—he spent decades shooting Alien and Dragonslayer before this sole venture into the director's chair.
Released in 2000 but dripping with 1990s direct-to-video energy, it arrived just as prestige TV began eating the crime thriller's lunch.
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