You can't prepare for where the truth will take you.
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
ThrillerCrimeMysterynew york citypornographyundergroundloss of loved onesex shopobsessioninvestigationporn actorsnuffsadomasochismchild pornographyprivate investigator
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Character
Grave, earnest, classical in form and unpretentious.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
Who loves it, who doesn't
18 profiled raters. Loved most by The Formalists; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.
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Cast
- Nicolas CageTom Welles
- Joaquin PhoenixMax California
- James GandolfiniEddie Poole
- Peter StormareDino Velvet
- Anthony HealdLongdale
- Chris BauerMachine
- Catherine KeenerAmy Welles
- Myra CarterMrs. Christian
- Amy MortonMrs. Mathews
- Norman ReedusWarren Anderson
Crew
- Joel SchumacherDirector
- Andrew Kevin WalkerWriter
- Robert ElswitDirector of Photography
- Mychael DannaOriginal Music Composer
- Mark StevensEditor
- Gavin PoloneProducer
- Joel SchumacherProducer
- Judy HofflundProducer
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