(re)Search my Trash

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="3" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="3"></td> <td width="592" height="1%" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="3"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="3" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top" height="99%">    <p>Someone's brutally murdered at the docks, drowned, but placed under water so the police will find him within hours.<p>Despite the very fresh deceased though, police officers Jake (Gary Horner) and Max (Brendan McCormack) have very little to go on, matter of fact nothing at all. But they've got the chief of police (Jonas Chaney), the mayor (Larry Kozlowski) and the media all breathing down their necks, because the docks where the murder took place were supposed to be the location of local do-gooder Sister Mary (Ina Block) receiving her <i> Mother Theresa Award</i>. Now Sister Mary rose to fame for founding an agency that is dedicated to finding good parents for orphans. That was of course decades ago, and since all her agendas have been transferred to the state, but her reputation is still untarnished. Interestingly, the deceased had a Sister Mary memorial object on him ...<p>While Jake and Max are getting nowhere with the first murder, a second and third murder happen, same m.o., and again Sister Mary memorial objects are found on them. Now that leads to Jake questioning the good Sister ... and he is quick to overstep the line, which gets him a reprimand from both the chief of police and the mayor. Sister Mary, it seems, is off-limits, a saint, and most certainly the city's one true icon ... and yet, when investigating some more, he finds more and more clues about the woman's deep involvement with all of the murder victims, and finds out the death of her own sister might actually tie in with the murder series (her death was ruled an accident - she drowned in her bath-tub -, but it's impossible to tell whether or not anyone has helped her death along a little).<p>Jake oversteps all lines to question Sister Mary again, who makes a confession that almost blows his mind, a confession that includes botched up abortions and the murder of less than perfect children by her and her cronies - and her cronies included the parents of those killed in the murder spree ... and Jake's own mother - so suddenly, the case has become personal, and he still has no clue as to who the killer might be ...<p> <p>Very tight thriller that puts its emphasis on storytelling rather than action and spectacle, and thus manages to create a complex tale of lies and deception with just the right amount of meanness and including numerous unexpected twists and turns without ever losing sight of its main plot. Add to that a decent cast playing fleshed-out characters, and a subtle directorial effort that puts just the right emphasis on tension and suspense, and you've got yourself a pretty good thriller. <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top" height="1%">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2013"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>