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Synopsis: Jessica Shepard is an on the rise police officer of San Francisco's esteemed police department, after having solved a big case about a serial killer. Her mentor John Mills is proud of Jessica as a father would be of his daughter, since Mills was the partner of Jessica's late father. With a newly established promotion, Jessica finds that she might once again have to prove herself in a department that takes no prisoners. Not to mention a new partner named Mike Delmarco, who might be Jessica's next closest thing to a confidant. However, a man has been found dead and the two officers are brought into the investigation. What they find is a surprise when the dead in question was a man Jessica slept with, he being part of a list of one night stands that Jessica has engaged in. Now under suspicion and a terrible drinking problem gnawing at her, Jessica will have to prove to her superiors and to her skeptical partner that she's not the one behind the murders and Mills is one of the few people s
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Philip Kaufman
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
5.2
Metacritic:
26
Rotten Tomatoes:
1%
R
Year:
2004
97 min
$25,047,335
Website
323 Views


Proof of bad judgment, yes.

But I'm not pulling her

from her first homicide case.

It would kill her career.

She'll come through this. Just watch.

And your involvement

with all these victims was...

Intimate?

Yes.

Do you think it's possible to do things

behind your own back?

Maybe I drink too much.

I don't know. I...

I pass out, and when I wake up

I think I've done terrible things.

- What is it you think you've done?

- There's been another murder.

And I'm my best suspect.

This third victim...

...I slept with him too.

Jessica, listen to me.

You grew up your whole life

knowing that your father

has done these horrible things.

So now you may be thinking,

"I have that in me too."

I don't think I have it in me.

I know.

Am I losing my mind?

I have violent dreams. Flashes.

- I'm hearing voices.

- When did you first find out?

When did you realize that

you had the capacity to kill?

To take a human life?

Get away from me. Go!

Hey.

I...

...need this right away.

Right away takes 24 hours.

Lisa, please. I need it.

OK.

I'll skip a couple of steps,

and I'll run it straight through

the amplification process.

You know, I always say,

you can tell a lot about a person

from a drop of their blood.

Can you tell

if they're a good person?

Give me a little time.

- Angela.

- Yes?

I need you to run this up to the lab.

Get a toxicology screening,

and I'm still gonna need to type it.

- OK.

- Thank you.

Hi, it's Lisa from the lab.

I need to see you right away.

You're a goddamn psychopath!

You know that?

- Bring me a drop of the killer's...

- I know about you.

Let's say you come over

to my house Sunday morning.

Are you thinking

about hitting me right now?

Killing spree. Killing spree.

Tell me something.

... saw him with looked a lot like you.

... I've ever seen that guy

leave the bar with was you.

Have we eliminated

Inspector Shepard as a suspect?

... keep dying around you?

What is it you think you've done?

I can hear your heart beating.

One body at a time.

Sounds like blood.

I know you. You're me.

At least we have a suspect.

So now you may be thinking,

"I have that in me."

We all have it in us.

The capacity to kill.

Capacity to kill.

You OK?

Why wouldn't I be OK?

I tried calling you.

Something's wrong. You know

that feeling you've been having

that somebody's been following you?

I'm getting that same feeling tonight.

Something's gonna happen tonight.

Get away from me.

- Put the gun down.

- Go away.

- What are you doing, Jess?

- Mike...

Mike.

You've been drinking.

You gotta stop.

- You've gotta be strong.

- Mike...

No.

Give me the gun. Give me the gun.

Everyone who kisses me...

...turns up dead.

No, they don't.

Mike, don't go.

I ain't going anywhere, stranger.

Hello?

Mike?

You asked to see me?

Turn and face that wall.

Test. The bulletin board behind you.

Go.

Crime scene photos.

Three black and white. Two color.

Two black and white. Three color.

What is going on with you?

You know a couple of victims, so you

just let yourself fall to pieces, is that it?

- I think I'm losing it, John.

- Hey, you have a job to do.

- Hi, Jess.

- What the f***, Jimmy?

Jimmy, just go home.

Oh, go home.

Like I'm some kind of dog.

Like I'm supposed to

obey you now?

Is that it?

We're gonna rumble?

Open the f***ing door, Jessica.

Open the door.

I'm coming to get you.

I'm coming.

Jessica Shepard?

Chip Marshall, SID.

Where were you

the night of September 25th,

the night Bob Sherman was killed?

I don't know.

The night of October 1 st,

the night Lawrence Geber

was murdered?

- I don't know.

- The night of October 5th,

the night Ray Porter was killed?

I don't...

...know.

Jessica, did you kill these men?

I don't...

I don't know.

I don't know.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I don't know what else

there is to say.

I was raised to be a good girl,

but I was born to bad people.

It's kind of comforting, in a way.

I've been running from it all my life...

...the fear of being the bad seed.

But most of all, I feel bad for John.

It's OK, though.

It's good.

It's good that I'm in here.

It keeps other people safe.

Have you given her any medication?

- No, I've given her nothing.

- I didn't think so.

The problem's not in her head,

it's in her bloodstream.

- What's in her bloodstream?

- Report from forensics.

I had them run her blood

through a drug screen.

Rohypnol. Ever heard of it?

Yeah, of course. Roofies.

It's a date rape drug.

Completely incapacitating.

Get dressed. You're out on bail.

Thanks for all your help, doc.

We won't be needing

your services anymore.

All right, give me the headline. And

don't tell me you're not up for a test.

This is the biggest test of your life,

inspector.

Four men murdered.

Suspect slept with all of them.

Incriminating evidence found on her

person the morning after the crimes.

When she awakened

from a drug-induced blackout,

which makes it physically impossible

for her to have committed the crime.

- I didn't do it.

- Stick to business.

The crime remains the same,

only the suspects change.

- Who?

- What do they have in common?

- Just me.

- Who knows your habits?

Whose job is it to know

where you are at all times

in case he might have to call you

at any hour of the day or night?

No, you're off on that. Mike never

knew where I went at night.

Didn't this start when you got

the new job, when you met him?

It's not Mike.

All right, I need you

to tell me where to go.

Straight down Market

to the Embarcadero.

- But why would Mike drug me?

- How better to incapacitate you

while he went about the business

of doing what he had to do?

Do you think he'd let you prowl

without following you?

There were times when I felt like

I was being followed.

Suspect follows the accused.

When? Where?

The night she picked up

a man in a bar.

Followed the victim back to his place

where he watched you

do what you do through a window

or maybe a crack under the door.

Just enough to make him crazy.

Come on, inspector, I'm waiting

for you to tell me something.

Suspect had...

...intimate knowledge

of the habits of the accused.

Access not only to her place,

but to her deepest fears.

Plus, familiarity with the drug

that ultimately incapacitated her.

Remember, he's a cop.

We give him the benefit of the doubt.

No doubt. He'll get all

the benefits he deserves.

You got out.

Why didn't you come see me, Mike?

Yeah, why didn't you

come see her, Mike?

What do you mean?

I was there. They brought me in.

They questioned the hell out of me.

- I told them you were innocent.

- How could you be so sure?

Hey, Jess.

You're my partner.

- We're partners.

- Partners lie for each other?

- What are you talking about?

- Partners tell each other the truth.

- Partners tell each other everything.

- Hey.

Partners come see you

when you're in jail.

- You didn't get my message?

- Oh, God. There was no message.

- You're so f***ing full of sh*t.

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