Arthur Hailey's Detective

Arthur Hailey's Detective

Arthur Hailey's Detective
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Actor: David Atkinson (II), Stephanie Cameron, Tom Berenger, Wade Allen, Wanda De Jesus
Brand: Lions Gate
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 171 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lions Gate

Movie Reviews of Arthur Hailey's Detective

Movie Review: Silly Arthur Hailey books make for silly movies.
Summary: 1 Stars

Detective (David Cass, 2005)

Detective is based on an Arthur Hailey novel, which should tell you all you need to know. If you're not familiar with Arthur Hailey, he was a writer of potboilers back in the day, probably best-remembered these days for writing the novel on which the original Airport was based, the film which started the glut of seventies disaster films. Which, if you're of the I suspect most of you are, you also don't remember. In any case, Hailey;s books are quite forgettable. As is this movie--so much so, in fact, that I started writing this review ten minutes before the movie was over; I knew if I let it go, I'd forget the movie entirely.

The detective of the title is Martin Ainsley (Tom Berenger), a former priest turned cop who's investigating a series of murders after the killer topped a councilman and his wife. Ainsley's having problems with his wife (Cybill Shepherd), in no small part because the daughter (Annabeth Gish) of said murdered councilman has been getting uncomfortably close to Ainsley. Problem is, once they get the guy, he confesses to all the murders except councilman etc. Which sets up the big twist ending you can see coming from a mile away.

Cass, better known as an actor (Tron) and stuntman (Tequila Sunrise) than a director, got beind the camera in the late nineties and started cranking out junk like this at an alarming rate. Well, I guess there's a market for it, as evidenced by the talent they got to appear in it. Still, actors are only as good as the material you give them, and this by-the-numbers mystery is as vapid and predictable as they come. If you're the kind of person who's surprised by the end of Jodi Picoult novels and Lifetime Original Movies, you may find some suspense to be had here. Otherwise, steer clear. *

Summary of Arthur Hailey's Detective

Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a Catholic priest turned distinguished investigator for the police, has agreed to hear the confession of a convicted serial killer sentenced to death in a just a matter of hours. What he promises to reveal to Ainslie is the truth behind the crimes and the reason he confessed to the one crime Ainslie doesn't even believe he committed. What unfolds between the two men is a serpentine trail into both men's pasts based on the bestseller from master storyteller Arthur Hailey.

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