dennis hopper be without a doubt one of the fine underrated american actor of our time and and it be interest to see how he would play out his role a a cop on the case of a child serial killer . most movie hopper have always play to psychotic menace threaten to blow up stuff or go on a killing spree and but in this movie and hopper try his best to keep that intensity and emotion while carry a shield . once i get into the plot of the movie and i be hook and but it just the little thing that ultimately murder the film . the concept of the film be great not only be the cop on the move of catch the killer and but we get a chance to see how the gangster operate in catch the killer . the subplot of the football stadium be kinda ridiculous and but necessary to involve the gangster in the killer hunt . that about all that be good you can say about the film . although hopper do try to act like a tough and experienced street smart cop and i can not help but feel his acting be below par and and there wasn not enough conviction that he be truly attach to the case . the directing be also terrible it do not have the feel of a true film and but rather a tv movie production . this be most evident when the gangster meet for the first time to form an elite team to hunt the killer down . when the lead gangster shoot the other mouthy gangster in slow motion and the acting be weak and predictable and terribly unexciting . that when i know that 1st of all and the action be go to be atrocious . the angling of the camera be amateurish and and the recalling scene or haunt image of the killer little sister have no true distinctive effect . if it be suppose to be scary and it wasn not . everyone acting be terrible and and even for hopper and i do not feel for his character and and i just do not really care too much about his relationship with his daughter . the final thing that bother me the most be the swat team . once i saw the swat team in action and i be think and finally and something good . but i be wrong . 1st of all and the entire swat team consist of 4 guy . that be just impossible . 2nd of all and apparently the swat team have no training whatsoever because many time in the film they carry their hka4 submachine gun with one hand . have the killer be hide near the staircase with a shotgun and these 4 idiot would have be blow to bit because they weren not even aim at anything or pay close attention . they should have have both hand on the gun aim forward and but it just look like theyre not take the job seriously and be just flaunt around . 3rd and swat team member do not yell out command such a keep your eye open and watch out for yourselves and be we good to go . etc . in reality and they use hand signal or have radio . but theyre literally yell at each other how be you suppose to catch the killer when he can hear youre come . and to top it all off and these guy have no plan apparently theyre just run up and down go on a wild turkey chase . eventually they end up do nothing . that be the last straw . i be no expert on special force and but basically what i have just outline and be pretty common sense . when the audience know the movie be terrible and the action pretty much become the life saver of the movie when you can not even make an effort to make the action great and the movie be lose . i give 2 star for the concept and but the rest can not be credit . if you want to watch a crime thriller and do not bother with this one . there plenty of crime in the movie but it have the lack of thrill .