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SIMPLY AN ENTERTAINING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.
This film speaks for itself. Superb acting and well directed. A tense tightly scripted psychological thriller. Ex-LA cop Andy Garcia now living in a small town tries to solve a pair of local murders. His only hope is a blind woman who seems to be the key to the serial killer's activities. What is more she may be 'Jennifer Eight' the murderer's codeword for the next victim. This 2 hour film keeps you on the edge of your seat. Fantastic movie, entertaining not to dull although the ending could have been longer. The film finishes very quickly otherwise well worth watching.

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Andy Garcia delivers a good performance in a mediocre film.
After reading the reviews, I was disappointed in the disconnected and formulaic "serial killer" plot, strained dialog, and overwrought supporting characters in this film. The visual direction is effective and moody, but it's not enough to cover the film's narrative flaws. Garcia's performance is tense and involved, but the supporting cast's hysterical reactions and paranioa around this "big city cop" (whose beloved police chief is also from the big city) are bizarre. We are told very little about the other seven victims -- were any of them ever found? Thurman's character is intelligent but clingy and weak -- a dated stereotype -- in a town where the blind live in institutions. We are given little reason for Garcia's attachment to her other than a resemblance to his ex-wife -- a conflicted rationale that's never mentioned again or explored. The most interesting part of the film, in which Garcia explains the killer's life history and motives, is buried under concurrent competing dialog between supporting characters. The final scene, where Thurman and Garcia walk across a grassy hill and whe tells him that she "remembers the color red" has no emotional impact in any significant or relevant way to the rest of the film. Overall, a disappointing film.

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Serial killer stalks blind women.
One determined cop sets out to crack the case and instead falls in love with a vulnerable, defenseless, blind woman. As the evidence mounts suspicion falls on the cop as the murderous fiend ! His life begins to fall apart and only he can stop the real mad-man even if it means taking the law into his own hands !

I had a hard time with this one. Mostly because so many of the characters in the film were maladjusted losers. The cops, the killer, the victims. They all blended together for me. It was an average story that the actors couldn't quite improve upon.