Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
The story
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
- new york city
- pornography
- underground
- loss of loved one
- sex shop
- obsession
- investigation
- porn actor
- snuff
- sadomasochism
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Nicolas Cage
Tom Welles
Joaquin Phoenix
Max California
James Gandolfini
Eddie Poole
Peter Stormare
Dino Velvet
- Anthony Heald — Longdale
- Chris Bauer — Machine
- Catherine Keener — Amy Welles
- Myra Carter — Mrs. Christian
- Amy Morton — Mrs. Mathews
- Norman Reedus — Warren Anderson
- Jenny Powell — Mary Ann Mathews
- Anne Gee Byrd — Senator
- Jack Betts — Butler
- Luis Oropeza — Archive Director
- Rachel Singer — Neighbor
- Directed
- Joel Schumacher
- Written
- Andrew Kevin Walker
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 2,365 ratings
- Studio
- Global Medien KG, Hofflund/Polone, Columbia Pictures
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