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Writer:
Mark Mullin (writer)
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Everyone has secrets. Some are more dangerous than others.
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Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However, gruesome murders of children start to happen... more | add synopsis
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Harold Perrineau Off Island, In Jar
(From Cinema Blend. 9 September 2008, 10:50 AM, PDT)
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Missed Opportunities more (4 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Brett Cullen | ... | Michael Sanford |
 | Tamlyn Tomita | ... | Diane Sanford |
 | Wes Studi | ... | Cameron |
 | Carlos Bernard | ... | Chajén |
 | Xander Berkeley | ... | Danny 'Figaretto' Evans |
| Edith Varon | ... | Martha Resigy |
| Jack Wallace | ... | Dick Resigy |
| John Philbin | ... | Pete Lawrence |
 | Tom Bower | ... | Det. Jake Pestone |
| Frank McRae | ... | Det. Bernie Morris |
 | Brion James | ... | Dr. Vincent Garret |
| Michael Halpin | ... | Stuart Weissman |
 | M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Sheriff Foley |
 | Holley Chant | ... | Katie |
| James Noah | ... | Robert Sanford |
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101 min
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Iceland:16 | Germany:18 | USA:R (certificate #34515)
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The story here is, at heart, a fairly standard 'taut' suspense thriller with a few modest twists. The cast ranges from workhorse to strong, including should've-been-stars Tamlyn Tomita and Wes Studi, plus support from Brion James, M. Emmet Walsh, Xander Berkeley, etc. Brett Cullen comes off a bit wooden in the lead role, but I can't be sure it's his fault.
The real problems here are the slow, uneven pacing, the even more uneven atmosphere, and the often amateurish direction that makes the actors stand around and deliver dialogue in extended chunks of stagey-looking shot-reverse shot and too much camera motion. The editing doesn't seem to have helped, but it's hard to tell what's an editing error and what was a failed attempt to fix the direction. The script and story could have been punched up a bit, too.
Tamlyn Tomita is luminous, and a lot of the cast is working hard here, but it doesn't come together.