Christopher Eccleston, Miguel Sandoval, Peter Boyle

, who's tasked with probing a string of grisly homicides. But rather than pursuing the obvious suspect, Lonnrot takes his investigation into occult territory after discovering a ritualistic connection...( read more  read more... ) between the killings. Based loosely on a short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, the film also stars Christopher Eccleston and Miguel Sandoval.

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Directed by: Alex Cox

Release Date: December 31, 1996

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DVD Release Date: March 22, 2005

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  • April 7, 2009
    As a fan of Jorge Luis Borges, I was interested in seeing this film set in a totalitarian future about a private detective who discovers a bizarre pattern in a series of recent serial murders. Alex Cox uses heavy symbolism and expanded a 55-minute television production, which is ...( read more)fairly evident, as several long stretches of the movie are devoted to showy and distracting camera angles, moody smoke-lit settings and several vague discussions about the nature of man and how fate binds our actions and blah blah blah...
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