Absence Of The Good Reviews

1999

Rated:
50
from 128 members

After the death of his only child, Homicide Detective Caleb Barnes is haunted by nightmares and visions of the boy, upsetting both his home and professional lives. While his wife's sorrow spirals further downward, he finds the chance for redemption in the pursuit of a killer whose diverse and seemingly random victims include an .. Read more

Starring	Stephen Baldwin, Rob Knepper, Shawn Huff, Allen Garfield
Director	John Flynn
Genres	Thriller

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John Flynn is an under-rated and largely unsung action director (checkout The Outfit and Best Seller for proof) and here he brings his usual no-frills professionalism to a familiar but quietly satisfying serial-killer thriller. Stephen Baldwin (nicely understated for once) is the cop recovering from the accidental death of his son who becomes obsessed with a killer who is leaving a trail of bodies behind him as he searches for his own perfect home. You?ll probably guess the identity of killer long before Baldwin does but Flynn sustains a believable air of suspense throughout. There?s also sympathetic support from old stagers Tyne Daley and Allen Garfield.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Predictable, pedestrian crime thriller

The acting is wooden; the story line is old; and ask yourself how eye witnesses manage to produce a detailed e-fit from a glimpse of somebody swaddled in a hood and scarf; ask yourself why the plot would have such an unrealistic element. I bet you'll guess the answer long before the denouement. If you want to see an ordinary movie with no surprises, get this one.
- - Jean Atkins from Cumbria, England
  - Posted 10 Sep 2004 07:58
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

I had to watch to the end. Pretty good, never knew Alec Balwin had a brother who acted?! Well, well, good plot, a bit predictable and tedious in places but never suspected who-dunnit.......Sad and quite realistic........
- - A customer from BRISTOL
  - Posted 01 Jun 2004 unknown
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Only rented this movie because the superb Tyne Daly is in it. That's the only positive thing I can say about it! Stephen Baldwin can't act to save his life!! Never really gets going, plods along at pedestrian pace. Wish Tyne Daly could of had a lead role, would have been much better!
- - Deb Walker from Essex, England
  - Posted 18 Sep 2006 09:38
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Predictable, pedestrian crime thriller

The acting is wooden; the story line is old; and ask yourself how eye witnesses manage to produce a detailed e-fit from a glimpse of somebody swaddled in a hood and scarf; ask yourself why the plot would have such an unrealistic element. I bet you'll guess the answer long before the denouement. If you want to see an ordinary movie with no surprises, get this one.
- - Jean Atkins from Cumbria, England
  - Posted 10 Sep 2004 07:58
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

I had to watch to the end. Pretty good, never knew Alec Balwin had a brother who acted?! Well, well, good plot, a bit predictable and tedious in places but never suspected who-dunnit.......Sad and quite realistic........
- - A customer from BRISTOL
  - Posted 01 Jun 2004 unknown

1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Predictable, pedestrian crime thriller

The acting is wooden; the story line is old; and ask yourself how eye witnesses manage to produce a detailed e-fit from a glimpse of somebody swaddled in a hood and scarf; ask yourself why the plot would have such an unrealistic element. I bet you'll guess the answer long before the denouement. If you want to see an ordinary movie with no surprises, get this one.
- - Jean Atkins from Cumbria, England
  - Posted 10 Sep 2004 07:58
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

I had to watch to the end. Pretty good, never knew Alec Balwin had a brother who acted?! Well, well, good plot, a bit predictable and tedious in places but never suspected who-dunnit.......Sad and quite realistic........
- - A customer from BRISTOL
  - Posted 01 Jun 2004 unknown
Average

Only rented this movie because the superb Tyne Daly is in it. That's the only positive thing I can say about it! Stephen Baldwin can't act to save his life!! Never really gets going, plods along at pedestrian pace. Wish Tyne Daly could of had a lead role, would have been much better!
- - Deb Walker from Essex, England
  - Posted 18 Sep 2006 09:38

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Critics' reviews
John Flynn is an under-rated and largely unsung action director (checkout The Outfit and Best Seller for proof) and here he brings his usual no-frills professionalism to a familiar but quietly satisfying serial-killer thriller. Stephen Baldwin (nicely understated for once) is the cop recovering from the accidental death of his son who becomes obsessed with a killer who is leaving a trail of bodies behind him as he searches for his own perfect home. You?ll probably guess the identity of killer long before Baldwin does but Flynn sustains a believable air of suspense throughout. There?s also sympathetic support from old stagers Tyne Daley and Allen Garfield.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006