Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond are FBI agents investigating serial killers who have murdered multiple people including a cop in a small town.
Michael Ironside plays the town's police chief. French Stewart plays a cop and it honestly took me a minute to figure that out (kudos to him for dropping his normal shtick).
This movie was 85% NOT about the actual story. Really. The vast majority is attempts at developing backstories for many of the characters. The problem is that none are relevant to the main story. Not shocking considering a Lynch (David's daughter) was at the helm of this film.
The whole movie is trying to push on us some nonsense about taking things for granted or some shit. Believing in something just because we "know" the source. For example, trusting in things, people, symbols, etc. that we normally trust. Fine, I get the point, the problem is they take it WAY too far. Your sense of immersion will be destroyed the first time they show the small town cops (the ones on patrol).
On top of that, the writers (Lynch and Harper...who happens to have one of the bigger roles...shocking) really expect the viewer to take a massive leap of faith with their complete disregard for any semblance of logic. There's a twist, that is not only predictable, but forced and stupid. I mean REALLY stupid.
On a more positive note, there are a few good performances here. Bill Pullman is great (honestly) and most of the cast does a decent job, particularly the little girl. However, Michael Ironside phones it in. He might as well have winked at the camera and let the audience know that even he knows this is bullshit.
Skip it.
2 out of 10.