This film kept me guessing right up to the finish line.
The film begins with two wounded men, who have obviously been involved in a fight, running from a house. Bill Fontanille (Martin Kemp)has been stabbed, both men are covered in blood. The other man, Kerry Myers (Stephen Lang) also wounded and with a broken arm, is carrying a knife and screaming threateningly at Bill Fontanille, who is fleeing.
What has happened? We learn that Kerry Myers wife, Janet, has been murdered, and their son, Todd, a lad of about six or so, has been severely injured--and apparently unable to recall what happened. The only person unharmed is a baby girl, a few months old.
Kerry explains to the police that Bill Fontanelle, a long time pal of his, went crazy when his own wife left him, that Bill came over to the Myers' house, killed Kerry's wife, tried to kill his son and brutally attacked him, when he arrived home. The motive appears to be that an unhinged Bill was driven mad by the fact his wife left him, and that a child of theirs was born with a problem, while Kerry has it made with his family.
Bill, however, tells a different story--claiming he and Kerry's wife, Janet, had a sexual encounter, and that Kerry suspected. According to Bill, he arrived at the Myers house the night Janet was killed, only to be greeted at the door by Kerry who immediately stabbed him. Janet, Bill said, had already been killed by Kerry.
There are peculiarities in both men's stories, but the D.A. is unable to determine which man is lying and which man is telling the truth.
8 stars out of 10
The film begins with two wounded men, who have obviously been involved in a fight, running from a house. Bill Fontanille (Martin Kemp)has been stabbed, both men are covered in blood. The other man, Kerry Myers (Stephen Lang) also wounded and with a broken arm, is carrying a knife and screaming threateningly at Bill Fontanille, who is fleeing.
What has happened? We learn that Kerry Myers wife, Janet, has been murdered, and their son, Todd, a lad of about six or so, has been severely injured--and apparently unable to recall what happened. The only person unharmed is a baby girl, a few months old.
Kerry explains to the police that Bill Fontanelle, a long time pal of his, went crazy when his own wife left him, that Bill came over to the Myers' house, killed Kerry's wife, tried to kill his son and brutally attacked him, when he arrived home. The motive appears to be that an unhinged Bill was driven mad by the fact his wife left him, and that a child of theirs was born with a problem, while Kerry has it made with his family.
Bill, however, tells a different story--claiming he and Kerry's wife, Janet, had a sexual encounter, and that Kerry suspected. According to Bill, he arrived at the Myers house the night Janet was killed, only to be greeted at the door by Kerry who immediately stabbed him. Janet, Bill said, had already been killed by Kerry.
There are peculiarities in both men's stories, but the D.A. is unable to determine which man is lying and which man is telling the truth.
8 stars out of 10