This crazy, crazy world. The story that will be told in this film is quite typical. The main character of the picture Nick Tondon (Robert Patrick) as a child experienced a terrible tragedy - his father, by calling a policeman, and by life a coward and nothingness, shot himself in the forehead in front of his ten-year-old son. Naturally, Nick suffered a psychological trauma, and then decided to work as a detective. Um -- um -- ooh -- ooh! I have no idea what might have motivated him to do this kind of work, especially since he was suicidal after his father’s incident. No, not from Mel Gibson's "Lethal Weapon" category - I'll take all the bastards with me to hell, and if I happen to survive after that, I can see it as a nice bonus. Nick Tondon tends to play with his revolver, throw himself in front of a train or a car just because he woke up on the wrong foot. How such a guy is allowed to work as a detective is a million-dollar mystery.
In any case, a family friend, and part-time attending physician Nick, was found dead at his workplace - in a psychiatric hospital. The police declared suicide. Well, it seemed to me that these guys have strong nerves and a love of life. Nick Tondon thinks his best friend didn't kill himself, he was killed. And in order to prove his theory, the hero of Robert Patrick enters a psychiatric hospital under the guise of an unknown person. The brave detective did not even bother to come up with a suitable alibi, and the doctors of this hospital did not bother to contact the police to punch the patient through the database, or look closely at Nick, because he went to the clinic a couple of days ago and questioned people about the death of the chief doctor. Well, yes, that time Nick Tondon had some vegetation on his face, which the tongue does not turn, but it is still a weak disguise.
Once in a mental hospital, the main character begins to do what he does best - most of the time he walks with his mouth open, interacts with a couple of characters, one of whom is desperately trying to bring a smile to the audience, but he manages only to cause boredom, the second is the hero of Michael McDowell, who walks in a nurse's suit and in a medical mask covered with blood, and therefore no one recognizes him, although he is wanted. Hey, Nick! Psst! Come here. I know who killed your friend. Come here, I'm telling you! Stop drooling.
In general, a typical film of category “B”, if not for a number of “but”. First, Robert Patrick is in the lead role. Everyone, or almost everyone, has seen a great movie like Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Someone was lucky enough to see “The X-Files”, where the hero of Robert Patrick at a certain point becomes the main character (I can’t say at what, because the spoiler). And in other films, this actor played with dignity, even if the films themselves were not very famous. In the same film, the hero of Robert Patrick plays only the first ten minutes, when he had to portray a desperate man, then he will walk with his mouth open the whole film, and his eyes will not even flash a shadow of emotions. Second, the film claims to be a horror movie, a detective story, and a drama, but the truth is that it doesn’t fit any of the genres it claims to be. There will be no proper investigation. The drama will be only at the very beginning of the film, and even then it looks too strained, and as for the horror, it has not been heard of at all, since neither the gloomy and oppressive atmosphere, nor the killer maniac armed with a tablespoon was seen in the film. Well, Michael McDowell's character walks around and tries in vain to imitate Dr. Evan Randall (The giggling Doctor), but he gets it out of his hands badly, alas and ah. Thirdly, nothing happens in the movie and all that Psycho manages is to catch up with melancholy and drive to sleep. Not the best example, do you think?
Outcome? Another film with not the worst idea, which was sunk by an illiterate screenwriter and hapless director. Oh! James Seale combined both of these positions, and also acted as a producer of the film? Well, that explains a lot.
2 out of 10