Writers Who Don't Research

Rating: 4/10 (30 November 2002)

When a writer fails to adequately research their story they come up with improbabilities and factual errors that distract from the movie.

Since when does the State of Alaska import detectives from Los Angeles?
How do Los Angles detectives maintain law officer authority in another state such that they carry firearms, make arrests and pursue suspects?
Having lived in the Arctic I can testify that newcomers where eyeshades at night while sleeping. This is common.
The Walther PP carried as a "back up" weapon by Al Pacino's character is caliber .380 Automatic and not 9 millimeter.
I could not get past these goofs and Al Pacino's constant mumbling (my hearing is fine, thank you).
Sure was filmed beautifully and the locations were spectacular.