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Audiences rate it 45 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes23%
Metacritic21/100
Audiences rate it 45 points higher than critics do.
2,373 audience votes
Key crew
- Joel SchumacherDirector
- Mychael DannaOriginal Music Composer
- Andrew Kevin WalkerWriter
Cast
- Nicolas CageTom Welles
- Joaquin PhoenixMax California
- James GandolfiniEddie Poole
- Peter StormareDino Velvet
- Anthony HealdLongdale
- Chris BauerMachine
- Catherine KeenerAmy Welles
- Myra CarterMrs. Christian
- Amy MortonMrs. Mathews
- Norman ReedusWarren Anderson
- Jenny PowellMary Ann Mathews
- Anne Gee ByrdSenator
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Themes
new york citypornographyundergroundloss of loved onesex shopobsessioninvestigationporn actorsnuffsadomasochismchild pornographyprivate investigator