In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.
Forget about murder: this moody cop thriller is guilty of a more heinous offence – criminal negligence of its dream-team cast.
Riveting, if at times opaque.
Mann Jr shows plenty of promise in a film that doesn’t tarnish the family name. But hindered by niggling flaws, it hardly revolutionises an over-saturated genre.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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