A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
Wendy Donaldson
- Resort Owner
- (as Wendy Morrow Donaldson)
Adrien Dorval
- Sheriff
- (as P. Adrien Dorval)
Gardiner Millar
- Deputy #3
- (as Gardinar Millar)
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- TriviaMickey Rourke was attempting a comeback from his self-imposed exile to professional boxing. He was also broke. Because of his wild reputation, studios were reluctant to cast him, and he was relegated to B-Grade action movies that went straight to video. Sean Penn was a big fan of Rourke, and he insisted on casting him in a small but pivotal scene as the grieving father of a murdered child. After this small part, Rourke began to get offered larger roles with bigger studios.
- GoofsThere are no tunnels outside Reno, Nevada.
This is not a goof, it's "creative geography" and is a widely used cinematic device.
- Quotes
Duane Larsen: I want to see my daughter.
Jerry Black: I don't think that would be a good idea.
Duane Larsen: WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE A GOOD IDEA?
Jerry Black: Because we hardly dared to look ourselves.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Pledge/The Amati Girls/Snatch/Panic (2001)
- SoundtracksNwalhulwana
Written by Humberto Carlos Benefica
Performed by Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Moçambique
Courtesy of Piranha Records
By Arrangement with Piranha Musik Produktion & Verlag AG
Featured review
It's great to see professionals at work
I'm not that crazy about the story, which has been put to film at least twice before. (I think the other movie is The Cold Light of Day.) In the other movie, which was set in one of the Soviet bloc countries, there was also a serial killer after young girls, and the detective makes the morally questionable decision to put a girlfriends daughter unknowingly at risk to use as bait. The swingset for the girl beside the road (where the killer would be sure to see her) was copied over from the novel.
For sheer moviemaking prowess, though, this team of actors and Penn as the director is unbeatable. Every performance comes across with perfect sincerity and you forget you are looking at famous actors. There are some surreal touches as well, when bit players from the early part show up on screen late in the story with non speaking roles.
Four stars. Even if you don't like Jack Nicholson.
For sheer moviemaking prowess, though, this team of actors and Penn as the director is unbeatable. Every performance comes across with perfect sincerity and you forget you are looking at famous actors. There are some surreal touches as well, when bit players from the early part show up on screen late in the story with non speaking roles.
Four stars. Even if you don't like Jack Nicholson.
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- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $19,733,089
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,765,347
- Jan 21, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $29,419,291
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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