A private investigator, mentally disturbed by his father's suicide, goes undercover in a mental institution to discover the murderer of a friend who was a doctor at the clinic.
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| Robert Patrick | ... | Nicholas Tordone | |
| Karl Bury | ... | Jake | |
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Tom Poster | ... | Acting Instructor |
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Deborah Worthing | ... | Amanda |
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Rebecca Rothstein | ... | Hospital Receptionist |
| Adam Gierasch | ... | Ronald Briggs | |
| Peter Brown | ... | Dr. Frank Meyers | |
| Irwin Keyes | ... | Screaming Patient | |
| Jason Schombing | ... | Tommy Baylor | |
| Malcolm McDowell | ... | Sullivan Rane / Doc | |
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Robert Ford | ... | Neckbrace Guy |
| Debra Wilson | ... | Belinda Davis | |
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Elise Rothberg | ... | Davis Receptionist |
| Alan Charof | ... | Dominic | |
| Jon Huffman | ... | Dr. Carl Bradley | |
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A private investigator, mentally disturbed by his father's suicide, goes undercover in a mental institution to discover the murderer of a friend who was a doctor at the clinic. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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If you're the kind that likes watching bad movies (for instance, if you enjoyed "The Postman" in only the most ironic sense), this is a keeper. A ridiculous script is only the start, and you also get Robert Patrick staying in the laxest insane asylum in the world (undercover in the guise of a patient, he seemingly has no problems at all finding access to the staff's private fax machines, computers, satellite dishes, etc.), develops a drippy camraderie with a fellow inmate that leads to some of the more strained, "heartfelt" moments of the film, and a ridiculous character by Acting's own Prince of Ever-Diminishing Returns, Malcolm McDowell. Reviewing this film makes me feel like I'm admonishing the dog for peeing on the rug. "For shame! Bad, bad, bad..."