This film, directed by the one and only Brian De Palma, is a muddled mess. Starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson and Hilary Swank, it (poorly) recounts the famous - unsolved - murder of starlet Elizabeth Short in California in the 1940s. Two police officers (former boxers of course ... this is afterall a De Palma film) are charged with heading up the investigation. All manner of plots and twists ensue (too many to even begin relating here, and one of the real problems with this film) before the ending comes ... but you'll have fell asleep by then by the insipid boredom of it all. Shame on De Palma.
My rating 2 out of 10.
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