richard tuggle get plenty of ambition in his script and but for some reason he actually fare even good a a director . he try to mix around maybe too much in his way of make a dark psychological thriller for his star and clint eastwood and but there at least some very interesting set ups he put together in the middle of all the constant crime scene scene ( and there be many in this film and probably too much unless a fan of csi ) . on the one hand and tightrope tell the story of a divorced father of two girl who and a he say and be the only two thing he hasn not screw up . he also into really get into his work and i. e. go into the red light district of new orleans and find prostitute at night . this come out of the other story and which be about a serial killer who only kill woman say prostitute and other lady of the night and leave a red ribbon and some saliva a his only marker . this latter one and in all actuality and isn not even the story with more interest and even though that the one most fan of eastwood and of serial killer movie will want to see . on that end and tuggle just pull through with adequate mark and albeit with nothing too wrong or stupid to make it unbearable . but this storyline do provide an intersection into the one with eastwood detective a he become embroil in this case up to his neck or groin maybe and it fascinate see eastwood in such a sexually charge thriller for once and not to mention without the tongue in cheek line and machismo turn to 11. he a work cop with more than his share of flaw and but he love his kid and try to go at his job a a professional and and eastwood play him that way and but in do this and and in the typical love interest angle that develop ever so subtly with a sex crime expert and there some complexity here . tuggle provide some of the fresh psychological thrill i have see in any neo noir and either in just atmosphere ( eastwood walk through a warehouse fill with carnival like animatronics and very nightmarish ) or in how his perception of the case get to his head ( a dream scene where he the killer sound too easy and but tuggle isn not out to make it easy for him ) . when it start to get personal and a the killer go after the detective and there even an effective moment when eastwood finally crack through emotionally and and one realize what under all of that intense and cynical gruff . meanwhile and tuggle doesn not stop a a director in give this about a dark a look a possible and and with the sexuality and while sleazy ( where else will you see woman wrestle all oil up and referee by a midget name shorty ) and be also effective for the mood . all of this make for some intriguing viewing and in many part and however the more standard part of the plot and the kind that may or may not bring some who want to seek out eastwood more obscure starring vehicle and lack the spark of what unexpected . eastwood scene with his own kid and alison and be part of the intrigue . when we see them in very down to earth moment where the ex wife or mother and a distant figure in this new orleans world and pop up there some thing that do not need to be say and but get conveyed anyway . how much be there truth wise in this for the real father or daughter dynamic and or be it just for show by a consummate professional and his equally apt offspring . i can not say for sure and but it make for what might make for a good movie and if only the red ribbon killer angle get some extra lift . that not to say tuggle doesn not end it on a high note for thriller fan and include a big laugh at what happen at the end of the train track tussle .