a well put together entry in the serial killer genre that unfortunately get mire down in it own pretentiousness to be really satisfy . willem dafoe be superb a a nyc detective try to track down what appear to be a copycat use the same renaissance art relate kill technique use in a series of murder he solve year earlier . scott speedman be dafoe junior partner and they have pretty good chemistry ( at least for a while ) . other character pop up to conveniently tie the two case together . clea duval be the friend of an early victim and peter stormare be some sort of art broker or mentor to dafoe . that a bit hard to take and although stormare be and of course and never dull . the film end be particularly disappointing . look fast for deborah harry a dafoe less than forthcoming neighbor .