
A tax investigator chasing a tax evader stumbles over a series of bloody murders and gets involved in an investigation with a rookie cop despite his boss' orders to stay out of the way.... (Full plot summary below)
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A tax investigator chasing a tax evader stumbles over a series of bloody murders and gets involved in an investigation with a rookie cop despite his boss' orders to stay out of the way.
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| San Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonShows how Tinseltown sensibilities can be well thought out even on a low budget. |
| New York PostRod DreherAn odd, unexpectedly interesting little movie. |
| L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmWriter-director Avi Nesher and co-screenwriter Roger Berger -- upon whose real-life investigations the film is based -- deliver on the hard-boiled promise of this low-key thriller with plenty of gritty twists and turns. |
| Los Angeles TimesJan StuartHas the hit-machine aura of something whipped together by L.A. studio execs over avocado sandwiches and banana smoothies. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThis modest little moral thriller is a pleasant surprise. |
| Village VoiceKatherine WolffA wintertime crime caper that truly leaves you cold. |
| User ReviewDougM.Probably actually a 7.5; the accessible reviews seem to warrant a higher score than 48 (TV Guide rated it 3 0ut of 4 stars but it was only assigned a rating of 50) - an impressive Everyman film about incorruptible low-level bureaucrats who are much brighter than they appear and determined to do the right thing. The smallness of the film does not allow for sexual or action scene diversions and the focus stays on the two main characters. It could have been black&white and made in 1948, fitting alongside D.O.A. or This Gun for Hire in its compact, economical and functional approach. |