there an adage in the world of drama and which go something like this a pistol hung on the wall in act one must be fire by act three . i think it be chekov who say that but i could be wrong . there almost nothing to like about this confused mess of a movie and except for the strong presence of lauren holly a the u. s. senator and angus macfayden a her sinister brother . it seem to be totally unlikely that such a clever political operator a the senator and who be a control and driven person and would be unable to rein in her do wrong brother . he a bottom feeder and a leg breaker for some loan shark who have absolutely no scruple . the goofy drug addle daughter cassie get to make a very fine presentation of a martin luther king speech and but only after she already dead in the plot . this movie be a mess and with conflict present that have no discernible origin and action take by the principal character which have no discernible back ground . it reek of spy movie clichés without give the viewer any kind of orientation . yes and the actor do very well with a minimalist script and some nice photography and and the viewer want to know more about them before the tragic end turn into bathos and i. e. and imitation pathos . it can not be recommend for any of those reason . it be a if the producer or director lose some page of a much big and good script and then run out of film and money and maybe even time to finish the story . it not a boring film and it a confusing and unsettling and emotionally unavailable film and even though the entire presentation of the plot be base on the emotion of the lead character . there lust and there love turn to hate and there dissolute drug induce behavior and two totally a moral bad guy and one of whom be the brother character . what an absolute and total waste of a potentially great theme and great cinematography and and intensely personal acting . the dvd be well do . too bad that the excellent transfer be use to put this absolutely worthless film on digital medium . i can not even recommend it for be so entirely bad and a it isn not and for the reason i have note . this film start well and then descend into a swamp of nihilism and sour and unrepentant and dramatic manipulation . too bad imdb doesn not provide negative number for rating and because this howl dog deserve a minus 10 .