We love Siguourney Weaver since we saw her in Alien and she continues to shine in every movie that she's into. One of those great performances can be found herein.
She plays a field expert on serial killers in the movie as Dr. Helen Hudson. On her biggest catch yet, Daryll Lee Cullum was able to kill a police officer and assaulted her, before he was finally apprehended. This encounter traumatized her so much that she became a recluse. Trapped within her apartment world, she gets agoraphobic even at the thought of her going outside.
All seemed fine on her own world when a series of murders comes to town. Inspector MJ Monahan (played by Holly Hunter, another great actress) was investigating these cases when Dr. Hudson sent information about these murders. She hasn't met Dr. Hudson and she was amazed by the accuracy of the details she sent, although the case details weren't made known to the public. This made Monahan make her a resource person in the investigations.
At first they thought they were after one killer when suddenly Dr. Hudson realized that they were dealing with a copycat killer. She arrived at this conclusion after seeing how the murders were done using different styles featuring famous serial killers Dr. Hudson had discussed on her lecture. To catch the killer, she had to resort back to Daryll Lee Cullum, the serial killer she put in prison. It turned out the killer was one of his so called apostles or fans who became obsessed with Dr. Hudson.
Daryll was able to help but eventually it was Dr. Hudson and Inspector Monahan who eventually got to the copycat killer.
A great watch this film with Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter together. With the two starring in this, I don't know how could this go wrong? Storyline was nicely written and the pacing just right for a thriller with enough excitement to carry you over to the end.
Movie is currently being shown in Amazon Prime just in case you would like to look for this one.
