Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Susan Sarandon | ... | Hazel Micallef | |
Gil Bellows | ... | Detective Ray Green | |
Ellen Burstyn | ... | Emily Micallef | |
Topher Grace | ... | Ben Wingate | |
Donald Sutherland | ... | Father Price | |
Christopher Heyerdahl | ... | Simon | |
Kevin Parent | ... | Spere | |
Katy Breier | ... | Melanie Cartwright | |
Paulino Nunes | ... | Officer Mathieson | |
Ted Whittall | ... | Ian Mason | |
Amanda Brugel | ... | Officer Vongarner | |
John Ralston | ... | Andrew Pederson | |
Natalie Radford | ... | Glynnis Pederson | |
Alex Poch-Goldin | ... | Bob Chandler | |
Ella Ballentine | ... | Rose Batten |
Hazel Micallef is the senior officer in the Fort Dundas, Ontario Police Department. Once having tried to commit suicide and a resulting chronic back injury are the reasons she will never be promoted, the position of Commanding Officer, of which she is acting, having been vacant for some time. Hazel self-medicates to dull the emotional and physical pain. Relatively young and inexperienced but enthusiastic Ben Wingate transferring from the Toronto Police Department to join her and the only other detective, Ray Green, coincides with the first homicide in Fort Dundas in four years, the victim aged Delia Chandler, a friend of Hazel's mother, retired judge Emily Micallef with who single Hazel lives. Delia's throat was slit, but the coroner is able to determine that the murderer posed Delia's mouth post-mortem, with the time for rigor mortis to set in meaning that he/she had to hold the mouth in place for upwards of an hour. With two subsequent murders in nearby communities with similar oral... Written by Huggo
Sometimes we want a fast paced thriller, but in reality life is not like that! Nowadays I like films with more realism, its not to say that a film cannot have more crammed into it. Silence of the Lambs - that's my favorite creepy serial killer film which had plenty of material rammed into that.
The drunken drug worn out sheriff, doesn't matter who you are in life that part can get anybody, she wasn't legless but needed a tipple here and there and painkillers for some ailment she had.
I quite liked the film, bit empty in some areas, and as said slow paced. Its not a film i would pay to watch at the cinema but if I sat at home one evening and watched it on TV i would not feel cheated out of any hrs watching it.
Very watchable - Not a bad film, far from it!