Plot
A Florida police chief must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion.
Release Year: 2003
Rating: 6.5/10 (26,245 voted)
Critic's Score: 63/100
Director:
Carl Franklin
Stars: Denzel Washington, Sanaa Lathan, Eva Mendes
Storyline Matt Whitlock, the police chief of Banyan Key a small town near Florida, is separated from his wife, Alex, a police detective based in Florida. Matt's been having an affair with Ann Merai Harrison, a woman who's separated from her husband Chris and who says that she has cancer. When her doctor tells her of a new treatment that's expensive, Matt gives her the nearly half a million dollars that he seized from some drug dealers. When she turns up dead evidence points to Whitlock. He tries to figure out what's going on but apparently it appears he's been set up. So he has to try and find the money especially now that the Feds are asking for it before the evidence exposes him.
Cast: Denzel Washington
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Matt Lee Whitlock
Eva Mendes
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Alex Diaz Whitlock
Sanaa Lathan
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Ann Merai Harrison
Dean Cain
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Chris Harrison
John Billingsley
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Chae
Robert Baker
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Tony Dalton
Alex Carter
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Cabot
Antoni Corone
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Deputy Baste
Terry Loughlin
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Agent Stark
Nora Dunn
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Dr. Donovan
James Murtaugh
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Dr. Frieland
Peggy Sheffield
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Judy Anderson
Evelyn Brooks
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Judy's Mom
Eric Hissom
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Hotel Clerk
Tom Hillmann
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Living Gift Salesman
(as Tom Hilmann)
Opening Weekend: $16,185,316
(USA)
(5 October 2003)
(3076 Screens)
Gross: $40,905,277
(USA)
(30 November 2003)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
Canada:
(Toronto International Film Festival)
Did You Know?
Trivia: John Billingsley's role was originally written with an Asian actor in mind.
Goofs:
Continuity:
As Chae is driving Matt back to the police station after raiding Cabot's house, he throws a cigarette out of the car. However, as the camera pulls back and the car continues moving, there's no sign of the cigarette on the ground.
Quotes: Chae:
Matt, this is the gold pot, at the end of the storm... thing... cloud!
User Review
A lot better than the trailer indicates
Rating: 7/10
I was expecting some cheesy half-baked
effort on all parts, but then again, the film itself
took on some twists of its own. Sure, a couple
of the twists could be seen a mile away, but it
was the way the scenes were cleanly executed
to the point where you had to wonder "How is he
getting out of this?" While some of the reviews are
over the top, this is certainly one of those popcorn
movies that I wouldn't mind spending a little
dough on. Watch for Denzel and Eva Mendes,
enjoy for the tension and the great musical score.
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