Richard Gere, Claire Danes, Dwayne L. Barnes

This film is about a hyper-vigilant employee of the department of public safety who, while training his young female replacement, has to track down a missing girl who he is convinced is connected to a...( read more  read more... ) paroled sex offender he is investigating.

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R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Wai-keung Lau

Release Date: April 11, 2008

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DVD Release Date: May 20, 2008

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  • September 4, 2009
    For a straight to DVD film this is actually a pretty good thriller. Gere and Claire Danes give good performances about a tough subject matter. They monitor sex offenders in the community, when a teenage girl is kidnapped in the area their suspicions are raised. A bit slow at the ...( read more)start but the second half of the film is good cat and mouse stuff. Don't expect much of Avril Lavigne in this though, a one scene cameo is all you get from her in this.
  • March 29, 2009
    Yet another addition to the serial killer thriller made me slightly curious with such an abstract title. Unfortunately, this one was ultimately very forgettable and not even particularly interesting. While Richard Gere's character was fun as a bit of a badass, there was nothing e...( read more)lse going on here to write home about (let alone write here). Solid story, but to be honest, I expected more from director Andy Lau. Perhaps this well has been visited far too often?
  • January 11, 2008
    I'm going to be lenient about "The Flock". It's the kind of thing that fans of C.S.I. will get a kick out of but horror fans will just shrug at.
    Apart from jittery edits and the grainy look that far too many films have lately, it isn't filmed too badly. At least the camera stayed...( read more) still enough for it to be watchable even if the shot framing itself sometimes also left a lot to be desired.
    I'm not a fan of Richard Gere though so his performance was wasted on me. He is just all wrong for the part but is slightly more suited to it than Claire Danes who doesn't really have the experience to make her role credible at all.
    The story is pretty lightweight too. It's more or less "Se7en" but with sex offenders instead of serial killers and social workers instead of cops.
    There are a couple of good moments which are reminiscent of "Dirty Harry" but the gory scenes (which I was looking forward to) are quite weak. You don't really get to see anything too visceral which is a shame.
    KaDee Strickland is quite good as the psychotic Viola though. She was surprisingly sexy later on too. Avril Lavigne also has a very small role which will please the kiddies but it was hardly all that memorable.
    The weaknesses in the script and the ludicrousness of Richard Gere's character started to grate on me after a while so I really can't rate it any higher than I have.
  • December 19, 2007
    well...the plot was good but the execution was very very poor. It was very slow and never quite picked up any real suspense...the acting was poor too...I was very much looking forward to it and I was dissapointed
  • October 17, 2009
    Andrew Lau (director of the Infernal Affairs films) makes a thriller for Hollywood, although its not his best he makes a worthy attempt. Gere and Danes give intriguing performances and the story has a few twists. Similar to 8MM, but pulled off in a much better fashion. It does...( read more), however, tend to classify all sexual predators in the same general sleazeball category, making most of these characters come across as one dimensional.
  • October 21, 2009
    i want to see this pic,looks like my kind of movie..love richard gere
  • October 20, 2009
    a dificult subject to make a film about as no one really wants to see things on this kind of topic. It was interesting but it was a bit random for my taste. they would end up in strange situations that didn't fit. i expected the visuals being a fan of the infernal affairs series ...( read more)but i think it was too much in this film with this story. And you have to lose points for killing Avril Lavigne. that's just not right.
  • September 23, 2009
    I think this was the best performance of Richard Gere ever! The movie was all right, it very much reminded me of a poor version of 8mm.
  • September 23, 2009
    23/09/09
    "Your fear is their desire."
  • September 14, 2009
    very interesting, lot of suspense, you will never know whats next

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  • drblood
    January 11, 2008
    If you are going to see this because of Avril Lavigne then think again. She is on screen for all of 2 minutes and doesn't even speak.

    It's not an awful film but it does rip off "Se7en" considerably and all the acting is quite routine.
  • MeAnDjEsSrThEbOmBlYkTiCkTiCk
    January 10, 2008
    i want to see it bad to bacicly cuz avrils in it.
  • becksw2007
    December 8, 2007
    i wanna c it sooo bad as it has avril in it
  • addicted2kelly
    November 26, 2007
    I can't wait to see this movie,Avril Lavigne act in this movie XDDDD...
  • nyb4ever
    May 23, 2007
    I didn't even know Avril did movies. Good for her
  • xXavrilxXxXfanxX
    May 17, 2007
    i just can't wait...to see it!
  • soccerfreak808
    April 13, 2007
    Looks like it's gonna be a great movie...it has a great plot. I can't wait to see it!

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