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" Frank Conner is an honest police officer who desperately needs to save his son's life. However, after losing all hope, he finds out that a criminal Peter McCabe in jail is his only savior. Critics thought it was a generic thriller, and audiences declared it to be dead on arrival."
" Frank Conner is an honest police officer who desperately needs to save his son's life. However, after losing all hope, he finds out that a criminal Peter McCabe in jail is his only savior. Critics thought it was a generic thriller, and audiences declared it to be dead on arrival."
" Peter McCabe "You have to appreciate the irony. After all these years of being locked up, I'm given the opportunity to kill again. A cop's kid, too, and all I have to do is sit right here.""
“I wasn’t really expecting much from this flick but since I always had a weak spot for Barbet Schroeder’s work, I thought I might as well check it out. Back then, Barbet Schroeder had a decent run in the USA (I especially loved 'Reversal of Fortune') and this movie would be one of the last he would make there before heading back to Europe. Well, it wasn’t really good I’m afraid, in fact, I’m pretty sure it was the weakest movie delivered by Schroeder so far. Indeed, basically, it was one of these far-fetched thrillers and the story was so over-the-top, I thought it was actually more ridiculous than actually entertaining. I don’t actually blame Barbet Schroeder as I don’t think that even the best director in the world could have done something with this tale. Concerning the a” read more
" Directed by Barbet Schroeder Starring Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Hardin, Erik King, Efrain Figueroa, Joseph Cross, Janel Moloney, Richard Riehle, Tracey Walter, Keith Diamond, Steve Park, Randy Thompson, Michael Shamus Wiles, Scott Colomby,Tim Kelleher, Scott Waugh, John Meier, and Jonathan Adler "