i can see what this film be intend to do . unfortunately it just never quite complete the deal . the reality crime aspect work fine and the shot be all first rate . in fact quite a few of the scene be incredibly evocative in a moody sort of way . notably the silhouette of the detective talk to the beat up woman and the scene of the detective go through the garbage and and the father tie fly . on occasion s few scene bog down in too much dialog . instead of show the viewer the writer treat it too much like a book . but the real problem lie in the editing . the story do not flow . it fail to make a whole out of the sum of the part . in the end you be confuse a to what be actually happen . those who like this sort of detective movie like to follow along and piece together the puzzle at the same time the lead character do . with such poor edit it be difficult if not nearly impossible to do this .