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Low-key thriller
A very low-key thriller about a Nevada cop (Jack Nicholson) who is about to retire, but gets called back to help solve one last case. A little girl has been brutally murdered, and he's convinced the nutjob who confessed to it and then shot himself is not the guilty man. He pledges to the little girl's parents that he'll bring in the killer.

He then goes off on his retirement, sort of, but he doesn't forget his pledge and soon is on the trail of his killer again. Or is he? Has he become so obsessed with the crime that he begins losing touch with reality? Has he totally disillusioned himself? By movie's end he's definitely on the far side of sanity, though convinced he was right all along.

Nicholson is so low-key that at times he feels barely alive. The story is an interesting one, though it loses focus, or at least the sharpness needed, along the way in places. It's a real head-scratcher at the end and needs a couple of viewings to appreciate the total effect. Handsomely photographed, the winter scenes are especially striking.

Wow, so bad.
I won't even honour this movie with a lengthy review, but suffice to say it's an awful, terrible movie. It shows some promise and then just as one starts to think "uh oh, I hope this movie doesn't go where I think it's going" it does. Skip it. It's brutal. In fact I can't even sell it for $3.99 including shipping on ebay with the wrapping still on it (somebody gave it to me as a gift after I'd already seen it). It's that bad.

A captivating but ultimately depressing movie
Jack Nicholson turns in a superb performance as a cop who suddenly retires but then comes back to solve one last puzzling case. Sean Penn does a superb job of directing and setting the mood for the movie. It is an ultimate mystery thriller that keeps you involved till the end. Although the ending may seem unsatisfactory at first it is plausible that something like that could happen. It adds another dimension to the movie because its different than your typical cop film. It may seem sad and a bit of a letdown at the end but the overall film seems to rank itself close to a classic. Superb acting and a film thats not easily forgotten.

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