intense actor like bruce dern and jason patrick and rachel ward combine to make this modern day film noir a winner . of the three and i do not know who be most interesting a all offer good performance and intrigue character . patric do the narration in this noir and play an ex boxer and mental patient . wow and that alone make for an interesting guy . he look dumb and but he isn not . ward be the slinky and attractive and cynical and intelligent and compassionate co conspirator of a kidnapping plan that go bad . bruce dern also be in the mix and dern never fail to fascinate in about any film . the movie could be consider kind of downer to the average viewer and but i find it fascinate . and i do not like depress movie normally . what i find be a kind of quirky crime film . take a look and see if you agree . this be pretty unknown film that shouldn not have that status because it simply a good story and well do .