Vivid

Rating: 10/10 (8 February 2003)

Spoiler
Al Pacino plays Will Dormer, a detective under investigation for planting evidence in a child murder case. He and his partner,the prosecutions star witness, go to Alaska to investigate another child murder. They get into a shootout with the killer and Dormer accidentially kills his partner in a crossfire. It was honestly an accident but to internal affairs it would seem like murder so he tampers with the bullets and makes it look like the killer did it. The police believe his story at first but start to grow suspicious. The killer then makes contact with Dormer and lets him know he knows his secret and starts toying with him. So there Dormer is, stuck in the middle of two major investigations where he's constantly being questioned about the shooting of his partner and there's this killer messing with him. To top it off he can't deal with the 24 hour daylight of Alaska and gets insomnia so he's confused and delusional half the time. Exellent movie. The acting is all believable. The chemistry between Pacino and Williams is intense. Beautifully filmed. Good location. Much better then the sloppy Pledge. Superb direction from Christopher Nolan. He's proven he's the best of the new directors. 4 out of 4 stars. One of the best of 2002.