GREAT START BUT FALLS QUICKLY

Rating: 6/10 (25 October 2002)

Wonderful start for this drama about a hardened homicide detective, with an Internal Affairs investigation hanging over him, and his partner being loaned to an small town Alaska police force to help solve the mysterious murder of a young woman. However, the film starts to go downhill shortly after we learn the detective's secret and he subsequently kills his partner, who is going to testify against him. The killing may or may not be accidental and we are now thrust into the detective's guilt trip over the circumstances and his implausible 'strange bedfellow' agreement with the young woman's killer. No real mystery here and the good acting is overshadowed by too many holes in the plot but still entertaining and a good watch if you don't have high hopes.