There’s a lot done right in this movie. It’s a cat-and-mouse murder mystery, a little romantic, and high on the “good father” scale, at least in the sense of being properly fatherly. It’s also a Tom Selleck movie. Selleck is no longer a young stud – neither particularly young, nor particularly studly. That describes lots of perfectly good people. Selleck plays a character that matches his appearance, and still gets some romantic interest anyway.

The plot is straightforward. There are two crimes, the first a murder that becomes a series of murders. The other is the gang-rape of a teenage girl. This is a low-brain-power movie, so both crimes are solved and the criminals brought to justice, or something like it. I won’t give any spoilers, but I wish the rape were resolved a bit more forcefully. Selleck’s character is good, or good enough. The problem is in the script. But this is a popcorn movie, not the place for heavy topics, and not a vehicle for wild heroics. And the bad guys don’t always get the bad they deserve in real life, either.

It’s good, lightweight entertainment. If you want to kill an evening, this should so the job – or at least leave it comatose.

//wiredweird

I am a strong fan of Tom Selleck. He is a very good actor as far as I am concerened but this role is not all that well played. He seems to be too much of a drinker for me. I do however like that he stands on what he beleives is right.Selleck has done a bang up job on his westerns and I would hope he could do better on these movies that have so little action.