http://us.imdb.com/Title?0160184Has this been released in the USA? Heard they didn't, at least on theatres, because it came in a very bad moment for Stallone's career and it was too violent.
Well, if it has been released in VHS / DVD, you'd better rent it. Just saw it this last weekend and while it is not a masterpiece, it is a highly competent movie with B-movie taste.
For those not familiarised with it, the film is directed by Jim Gillespie, the same from the horrid "I know what you dis last summer" and presents Stallone as a traumatised cop who tries to find out who is the killer in a bizarre d-tox clinic in the middle of the snow.
Against all odds, Gillespie manages to create a suffocating atmosphere and to make good use of the claustrophobic environment (grey concrete interiors, snow covered landscapes), and Stallone proves that he is not a lost cause for the acting cause. Add some plot twists, a more mature than expected script, random violence and well-known supporting actors.
The only problem I had with it is that it has been edited and re-edited many times, and it shows. Character development of supporting characters is almost unexistant. Looks like the editors wanted a neat, constant flush of action and removed too much. If you rent it on DVD, be sure to check the 20' of "Deleted scenes" and tell me if I'm not right.
