Well directed, well acted but spoiled by a silly, silly story

Rating: 6/10 (26 December 2004)

I must say I'm REALLY disappointed by this movie. My expectations were high, since it was rated so highly here at the IMDb, but in the end the poor, just plain dumb, story ended up ruining all the good aspects of it.
I mean, really, the plot counted on so many "coincidences" that anyone that cares a little bit about the story on a film would have a hard time taking this stuff.
Let'see... Three friends end up in a situation where one of them ends up getting terribly abused and scarred for life. Fine.
Now, one of this guys daughters gets murdered. Another one of three is the leading investigator of the murder. Hmmm... So we have two down, what's the role of the third one? Well, he's none other than the prime suspect of that crime! But wait, there's more... On that same tragic night the suspect ended up killing another guy. A child molester, no less.
You think we're done? No way Jose. The victim's father used to have a crime partner, which he killed, and the partner's son used to date the deceased girl, so he's a suspect too. And there's also his brother, the gun, the suspect's wife, the police arriving just when the guy is confronting his brother, etc... One could go on and on and on about all this stuff, it's just plain ridiculous.
Yes, the acting is good, the directing is good, the dialog is sharp but with a story like this, everything goes down the drain, sorry. Rating: A very generous 6/10