Against the moody, fog-laden backdrop of the San Francisco waterfront, police detective Jessica Shephard (Ashley Judd) becomes embroiled in a darkly personal hunt for a serial killer in this Hitchcockian psychological thriller directed by Philip Kaufman (THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING, QUILLS). Jessica, a San Francisco street cop, has been appointed detective by Police Commissioner John Mills (Samuel L. Jackson), her surrogate father and mentor. Together with her new partner Mike Delmarco (Andy Garcia), she goes after her first assignment, a murder, and is ready for anything until she realizes that the corpse is a man she once slept with. What seems like a bizarre coincidence becomes all too suspicious when the next murder victim is also an acquaintance of the police detective--who is also a blackout drinker with an appetite for anonymous, rough sex. Nightly she returns home, drinks a glass of red wine, and awakens to the news of another victim. Haunted by her own family tragedy (her father went on an insane killing spree and killed her own mother and himself), Jessica begins to doubt her own sanity and suspect herself to be the killer.

DVD Features:

Region [unknown]
NTSC
Keep Case - Sensormatic
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
Dolby Digital Surround - English, French
Additional Release Material:
Featurette:
2. The Inspectors: Clues to the Crime
3. San Francisco: Scene of the Crime
Additional Scenes:
1. Cutting Room Floor with Commentary
2. Mike Plays Piano - extended
3. Mike Talks About The Thumbtacks - extended
4. Extended Blackout #1
5. Extended Boat Ride
6. Zinfandel On The Roof - extended
7. Mike Talks About Castanets - extended
8. Extended Blackout #2
9. Condom Scene - extended
10. Jess Blows Up And Is Comforted By Mills - deleted
11. Extended Chase Scene
Audio Commentary:
1. Philip Kaufman - Director

Ashley Judd: American Actress, DOUBLE JEOPARDY (1999)
Samuel L. Jackson: American actor, PULP FICTION
Andy Garcia: Hispanic Actor, THE GODFATHER PART III (1990)
David Strathairn: American stage/film actor, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
Russell Wong: Actor/"Eat A Bowl Of Tea"
Mark Pellegrino: 
Camryn Manheim: American Actress, THE PRACTICE
D.W. Moffett: Actor

Philip Kaufman: Director/Screenwriter

Arnold Kopelson: American Producer
Anne Kopelson: Producer
Barry Baeres: Producer, TWISTED (2004)
Linne Radmin: Producer

Sarah Thorp: Screenwriter, TWISTED (2004)

Mark Isham: Composer, WATERWORLD (1995)

Peter Boyle: Editor, DERAILED (2005)

"[Kaufman] wisely keeps a tight focus on Judd's strong performance..."