very businesslike authority with little responsibility and only a desire to keep his or her name clean check . a veteran cop that have bad relationship with his family check . mafia guy that while criminal and want to do something good vigilante style check . a sociopath and loyal mafia guy not hesitant to kill people to make an example check . cop method be less effective than the mafia guy brutal yet very effective method check . a corrupt cop tie the authority and the criminal and the police together check . slow motion and or or jerky frame rate for show what the actor reaction can not check . a serial killer whose background be explain in far too much detail and esp . use childhood abuse a the reason for everything check . a child spree killer that be very and very non menace check . foreshadowing of the veteran cop moral value not be what the killer deserve in the movie and the majority of character opinion check . morally ambiguous and predictable end thanks to the foreshadowing and the good veteran cop come to term he should submit to the vigilante attitude of the majority of the character check . recently saw this on tv and decide to endure it because it have dennis hopper in it and i could not sleep check . realize that be a mistake and should just have star at the ceiling check .