The original film was a complex psychological drama with the trappings of a police procedural thriller; the update is
a smart police procedural thriller with the trappings of a restricted psychological drama.
A good,
smart police procedural, set partly at Harvard University, with a homicide cop and forensic scientist (Ricardo Montalban and Bruce Bennett), trying to crack a murder with sexual overtones.
Not exact matches
Directed by Jane Campion — known for powerful»90s film «The Piano» — this isn't your typical
police procedural; it's a seriously
smart mystery, with top drawer acting (it also stars Peter Mullan and Holly Hunter) and an unexpected feminist undercurrent.