Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer ... Read allKern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city.Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city.
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- 1 win & 2 nominations
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- TriviaWriter/director John Lee Hancock originally wrote the screenplay for the film in 1993 after completing his work on the Clint Eastwood picture A Perfect World (1993). Incidentally, Eastwood, that film's director, intended the role he would take on in that film to go to Denzel Washington, so his casting in this film brings things full-circle.
- Goofs(at around 20 mins) While Deacon is traveling down the boulevard past the street walkers, his Blazer is moving, but the camera shows the vehicle's gear selector in Park.
- Quotes
Joe 'Deke' Deacon: It's the little things that are important, Jimmy. It's the little things that get you caught.
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Written by Cindy Wilson, Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland and Robert Waldrop
Performed by The B-52's
Courtesy of Reprise Records
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
This is trying to be Se7en and True Detective and other high concept crime mystery with a twist. It's interesting in some aspects but falters in others. First and foremost, this is not a whodunnit. The movie piles on all the suspicion on Sparma with only a small wink at the fingerprint guy. Quite frankly, it's either Sparma or not Sparma. Anyone else would be meaningless anyways. There is some hope of turning this into a character study of these three people. That's a 50/50 proposition in this case. Denzel can sleepwalk through this role and I'm not saying that he is. I'm also not saying that he isn't. With Rami and Jared, the film has two of the most outlier actors around. It may be one too many. They are pushing very hard and at times, they push the movie over the edge. Finally, I have issues with the final confrontation. There are problems with it and I don't like it. Nevertheless, I still like the three actors and it's always interesting to see them go to work.
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- Feb 2, 2021
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- Pequeños secretos
- Filming locations
- Mosman's Steak House - 46643 60th St. West, Lancaster, California, USA(Open scene with woman running from pursuer)
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,342,746
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,705,527
- Jan 31, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $30,842,746
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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