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This disjointed neo-noir thriller admittedly boasts some great performances (most notably from Gary Oldman in the role of a corrupt NYPD homicide detective), stunning cinematography and a seething score by Mark Isham. If only the plot were half as great!
That said, all the ingredients are there but somehow they just don’t make for a particularly tasty concoction. This 1993 thriller starts where the story ends – that is to say with former homicide detective Jack Grimaldi (G. Oldman) now working as a bartender in the middle of the desert (presumably Arizona or New Mexico) under the name Jim Daugherty. Looking at a photo album – in particular photos of his wife Natalie (Annabella Sciorra) - in a melancholy way his thoughts are narrated before we find out via flashback how Jack Grimaldi came to be Jim Daugherty…