Writer: Matthew Aldrich
Composer: Richard Gibbs
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harry, Eva Mendes, Luis Guzman, Keke Palmer, Maggie Lawson, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Robert Forster
More info: IMDb
Tagline: Solving a crime can be dirty work.
Plot: A former cop who now earns a wage as a crime scene cleaner unknowingly participates in a cover-up at his latest job.
My rating: 6/10
Will I watch it again? No.
I've seen this twice now because I completely forgot everything when I saw it three years ago. That's what happens when you let yourself get behind. The first act is great but not entirely. Tom (Jackson) talking about his job is interesting and fun (in a dark way). Everything's going great until Ann (Mendes) shows up in his office like something out of a hard-boiled detective movie from the 40s & 50s. There's a slow descent in quality from that moment on. I though the story was pretty good. It might've done with some touch-ups but the basic plot is very workable, especially when you throw in Folks like Jackson and Harris. They're great! And so are Guzman, Cantillo and Forster. Mendes? Not so much. She played the role OK but she seemed rather empty. Richard Gibbs' score had that underlying moody vibe that sounded so generic that it could be used in hundreds of other movies and you'd never know it. I dig some of the guy's work but it was only serviceable in this picture. The camera rarely stands still (or so it seems). I don't know what it would've taken to make this better. What I liked most about it were some of the performances from several actors whose work I respect a lot.
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