clint eastwood be wes block and a detective with what be pretty much a triple lifestyle . in one he be a cop and even a good cop . in the second he be father to his two daughter leave to him by a wife that find another man . in the third and he be guy who like to visit prostitute and get dirty . the three largely different side of wes block come dangerously close to one another when he start to investigate a serial killer who frequent the red light district . the killer be not only likely to be a former cop familiar with police procedure and but he also know wes block . clint eastwood give a very fine performance a a man trouble on many front and try to come to grip with it all . he have his signature emotionless face and but eastwood have almost always make his character plain and but only on the surface . he pack in many subtlety into a dark role which be nicely direct into a gritty film and by an obviously talented director or writer who have make surprisingly too few film . if this be a his debut and and it be very good for a first directorial effort capture the noir atmosphere very effectively and i be almost itch to see what richard tuggle could come up with next and whether in this genre or not . positive rat r for grim violence and sexual content .