F.B.I. agent Frank LaCrosse returns home to find his home has been broken into, his son is missing and Missy the babysitter is lying in a pool of her own blood.
Her murder being the hallmarks of a elusive enigmatic serial killer whose slaughter spree stretches nearly two years.
Frank's desperate pursuit leads to Amarillo, Texas, where two more victims matching the killers M.O. have been found slashed to death.
As Frank searches for his suspect the local Sheriff Buck Olmstead and his Deputy Nate Booker investigate the killings in-between a heated election feud, with his competition police chief Jack McGinnis.
All the while drifting former doctor Lane Dixon is picked up by ex-railroad man, Bob Goodall.
As a local Mechanic, Clyde 'Shorty' Callahan becomes the latest victim.
Frank hopes and prays to find this sociopath before he disappears perhaps forever into the rocky mountains...
It's a good movie with some great performances from the cast, but if you have common sense, you should know that Glover is the killer from the start because such a prolific actor wouldn't be in a role where the character has no real meaning in the film.
He only picks up Leto, and thats his part in the narration of the film, and acting like an old school cowboy, I would have been very surprised if he were innocent.
But despite that flaw, it's quite a tense film, with lots of beautiful locale, and red herrings.
Quaid lets the side down a little, if only for the fact that he has an expression of 'no toilet for the next 20 miles' on his face.
When Glover and Leto are on screen, the film is full of energy, and this is the problem too, the film seems dull and lifeless when they are absent.
But all in all its a good effort, but never challenging, thanks to advertising and Glover playing the obvious choice for guess the killer.
Her murder being the hallmarks of a elusive enigmatic serial killer whose slaughter spree stretches nearly two years.
Frank's desperate pursuit leads to Amarillo, Texas, where two more victims matching the killers M.O. have been found slashed to death.
As Frank searches for his suspect the local Sheriff Buck Olmstead and his Deputy Nate Booker investigate the killings in-between a heated election feud, with his competition police chief Jack McGinnis.
All the while drifting former doctor Lane Dixon is picked up by ex-railroad man, Bob Goodall.
As a local Mechanic, Clyde 'Shorty' Callahan becomes the latest victim.
Frank hopes and prays to find this sociopath before he disappears perhaps forever into the rocky mountains...
It's a good movie with some great performances from the cast, but if you have common sense, you should know that Glover is the killer from the start because such a prolific actor wouldn't be in a role where the character has no real meaning in the film.
He only picks up Leto, and thats his part in the narration of the film, and acting like an old school cowboy, I would have been very surprised if he were innocent.
But despite that flaw, it's quite a tense film, with lots of beautiful locale, and red herrings.
Quaid lets the side down a little, if only for the fact that he has an expression of 'no toilet for the next 20 miles' on his face.
When Glover and Leto are on screen, the film is full of energy, and this is the problem too, the film seems dull and lifeless when they are absent.
But all in all its a good effort, but never challenging, thanks to advertising and Glover playing the obvious choice for guess the killer.