On the eve of leaving the Anchorage Plice Department, Detective Jack Halcombe finds himself involved in investigating the kidnap and rape of young prostitute Cindy Paulson who has narrowly escaped from serial kidnapper, rapist and murderer Bob Hansen. Hansen, a successful businessman, is well connected and has escaped serious investigation for years despite being clearly in the frame.
This is a relatively straightforward police procedural suspense thriller based on true events, with Nicolas Cage (cop) and John Cusack (killer) both cast in the roles one would normally expect to have been filled by the other. Cage is OK, Cusack is rather good. Vanessa Hudgens as teenage hooker Cindy is better than both of them: the girl can act. She can also swear a lot, but I already knew that from Spring Breakers.
The sense of time and place is well evoked, and the film holds your attention for its full 105 minutes. The end credits start with a sobering and worthy runthrough of Hansen's real-life victims, and it is pleasing to note that Cindy escaped the life she had been leading.
This is a decent film if, perhaps, not one which will stay in the memory for a long time.
Tingnan pa 
