Jessica, whose father killed her mother and committed suicide, is a police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lo... Read allJessica, whose father killed her mother and committed suicide, is a police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start being murdered.Jessica, whose father killed her mother and committed suicide, is a police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start being murdered.
- Awards
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- Bob Sherman
- (as James Hechim)
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- TriviaJessica Shepard's promotion from Officer to Inspector isn't as big a jump as it sounds. The S.F.P.D., unlike nearly all other municipal police departments, does not have a traditional Detective rank. The Inspector rank is simply the next rank above Officer, and an Inspector's responsibilities are exactly like those of a Detective in most other police departments.
- GoofsOn Shepard's first call as a homicide detective, she and Delmarco investigate a body found by the water. The injuries to the victim's face are on his left side. Later in the coroner's lab the injury is on his right side.
- Quotes
Wilson Jefferson: [Over the radio] We heard everything, commissioner.
Jessica Shepard: [smugly] You remember my old patrol partner Wilson don't you?
- ConnectionsEdited into Twisted: Cutting Room Floor (2004)
- SoundtracksGet Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine
by James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Ron Lenhoff (as Ronald Lenhoff)
Performed by James Brown
Courtesy of Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Officer Jessica Shepard (Ashley Judd) is a kick ass police officer who has just been promoted to Homicide Inspector. Now it seems that the comely young officer also has a penchant for violent behavior and one night stands. Her mentor is none other than Police Commissioner John Mills (Samuel L. Jackson) who has raised her and nurtured her career following the tragic deaths of her parents some years earlier.
Shepard's new partner turns out to be Mike Delmarco (Andy Garcia) whom she had unknowingly met the previous evening during a party at a bar in her honor. Suddenly, Jessica's one night lovers begin turning up dead, brutally beaten. At the same time, she has been experiencing blackouts immediately before the murders. She then begins to suspect that she may be responsible.
Sounds good huh? I though so too but on watching it I guessed who the murderer was almost right away. This took away any suspense the director was trying to build by placing suspicion on other characters. We do get some nice shots of San Francisco though.
The petite Ashley Judd is just not convincing as a tough love 'em and leave 'em cop. She does her best work in the psychological scenes where she comes unraveled at the thought that she may be murdering these men. Jackson does the best he can with limited material. He is off screen more than he is on. I thought that his character could have been fleshed out a little more. Garcia, playing an Italian again, does what he can with his role. TV's Camryn Manheim puts in a appearance as the forensic examiner Lisa.
Not nearly as good as Director Philip Kaufman would have you believe.
- bsmith5552
- Sep 24, 2004
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- Acechada
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- Budget
- $50,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,198,598
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,904,299
- Feb 29, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $40,954,603
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1