slow burn ( 2007 ) ray liotta and ll cool j and mekhi phifer and jolene blalock and guy torry and taye diggs and chiwetel ejiofor and bruce mcgill . more like a simmer potboiler represent1995 crackle neo noir sleeper the usual suspect be in a class by itself but lately there have be some numerous copycat in attempt to glean some magic from it infamous twisted end revealing who it arch criminal keyser soze really be . the late pretender to the throne be a horse of another color ( and yes the pun be mean to be offensive ) . set in the twilight hour in a no name urbane city an ambitious da name ford cole ( liotta and who be also a producer on this dreadful film ) who be summon to the police station when one of his young protégées ( and current lover ) and nora timmer ( mannequin blalock ) have be involve in a lethal shooting after her claim of be rap by her assailant and isaac duperde . add fuel to the fire be many turn in this serpentine crime drama that offer about as much suspense a a re run of any form of law and order represent timmer may or may not have be have an affair with the decease assailant and may or may not know the true identity of the mysterious local kingpin and may or may not be involve in a convoluted scheme involve high level real estate conspiracy with the aforementioned gangsta . enter luther pink ( cool j ) and who have some info on timmer confirm she be not on the level and his identity be also in question ( a be his purple prose involve his olfactory sens with laughable line reading ) . the whole lousy mess be indecipherable until it crib of the final act of suspect for it own conclusion that not only cheat a smart and knowing audience but feel like a cheat from the minute one character be onto another with a fateful wait equal a second glance and pause in his track . although blalock be a real hottie and the shameful way her character be depict a either a ista pretending to be white or vice versea a some sort of living in the shadow chameleon be only far drum over the head by the ham fisted direction by wayne beach in his debut a a helmsman and also the film scribe . the fact he actually show a real life chameleon during several sequence involve nora be truly eye roll . it doesn not help that the film have be on the shelf for several year . that never a good sign and another be shamefully steal from a real classic .