Psychiatrist Dr. Prince's (Michael Cerveris) newest patient Dan (David Conrad) proves to be quite a handful, a man who claims to be a school principal but who also confesses a couple of murders that shook the town a while back - and due to his professional ethos, Prince can't report the man to the police, so he does his best to treat him, on the assumption that the murders have happened in the past and Dan has changed for the better. But the more into detail their weekly sessions go, the more our good doctor starts to believe Dan still has a homicidal streak in him, so much so that he starts to follow him to find oout more about him. Soon enough though, Dan gets wind of this and turns the tables on Prince, which includes paying the doctor's wife (Siena Goines) a visit and dating his receptionist (Grace Rao), Things though soon escalate, so much so that Prince breaks into Dan's house when he's out and putting out a contract on him. Things though really get out of hands when the good doctor learns about the murder of a colleague (Tome Cousin) that gets linked to Dan's case, and soon it becomes obvioius the two men are linked in a game of kill or be killed ...

Now for the most part, this movie's basically your typical thriller game of cat and mouse with ever changing roles, with an at first contained situation slowly spinning out of control. The film is very well written, executed and played though that one's glued to the screen despite the familiarity of the story. The film however really comes into its own in the finale that defies all expectations and catches the audience off-guard - despite being totally plausible in hindsight. So in all, a pretty cool genre ride that's well worth a watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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