Russell Crowe is the big name here, but he in fact has a somewhat limited role. He is Detective Cristofuoro who had investigated a case a few years earlier, where a teen boy had murdered his parents. Because of his age, and the fact that he was taking a certain medication, he was not tried as an adult. Instead he was confined to juvenile detention and now, as an 18-year-old, is being freed with no crime on his record. So the detective, who considers himself semi-retired, and with a sick wife in the hospital, takes it upon himself to keep an eye on the young man, believing he will have a tendency to kill again.
Jon Foster is the young man, Eric Poole, and he really does seem disturbed. Just as he is about to be released he gets a note from a pretty girl who catches his eye, and he later calls her and they agree to meet at an amusement park in upstate NY.
The other key character is teenager Sophie Traub as Lori, a 16-year-old girl who ends up in the back of Eric's car as he is driving upstate. When she wakes up and startles him, they almost wreck. At first he tries to get rid of her, he even offers her $20 to get back home, but she is intriguing and stays with him.
Meanwhile the detective starts to look for him, and enlists the help of the local police.
This is a very interesting movie, for the performances, but in the end it is only a so-so movie. It apparently didn't do too well in theaters. I got it as a Netflix rental. Had to watch something!
SPOILERS: Eric meets the pretty girl who had slipped him the note. She suggests they go to a more secluded place, but it was a trap. Police, and the detective, were hiding in the brush, hoping to nab Eric as he tried to harm the young woman. But Lori realizes this and shows up to warn him in time, they had nothing to arrest him on. But later, and with Sophie knowing all about Eric's past and his tendencies, gets Eric to take her out on a lake in a row boat. There she stands up, lets herself fall into the water, and drowns. Did she do it just so that Eric could get accused of murder and be removed from society? That is what I prefer to believe the ending meant, and in fact he was arrested.
Jon Foster is the young man, Eric Poole, and he really does seem disturbed. Just as he is about to be released he gets a note from a pretty girl who catches his eye, and he later calls her and they agree to meet at an amusement park in upstate NY.
The other key character is teenager Sophie Traub as Lori, a 16-year-old girl who ends up in the back of Eric's car as he is driving upstate. When she wakes up and startles him, they almost wreck. At first he tries to get rid of her, he even offers her $20 to get back home, but she is intriguing and stays with him.
Meanwhile the detective starts to look for him, and enlists the help of the local police.
This is a very interesting movie, for the performances, but in the end it is only a so-so movie. It apparently didn't do too well in theaters. I got it as a Netflix rental. Had to watch something!
SPOILERS: Eric meets the pretty girl who had slipped him the note. She suggests they go to a more secluded place, but it was a trap. Police, and the detective, were hiding in the brush, hoping to nab Eric as he tried to harm the young woman. But Lori realizes this and shows up to warn him in time, they had nothing to arrest him on. But later, and with Sophie knowing all about Eric's past and his tendencies, gets Eric to take her out on a lake in a row boat. There she stands up, lets herself fall into the water, and drowns. Did she do it just so that Eric could get accused of murder and be removed from society? That is what I prefer to believe the ending meant, and in fact he was arrested.