Look, director and former Wilmington resident Keith Snyder isn't reinventing the wheel. What he is doing is directing an assured, well-crafted feature film debut. If you watched Party of Five with any regularity, you'll remember Scott Wolf as the Tom Cruise Jr. of the cast, whose acting you might not have noticed until his character, Bailey, became an alcoholic. Well, Bailey has grown up-(...) and he's our leading man, a young overachieving detective fettered by a sense of urgency. Imagine how much more urgent he feels when he discovers he has only a matter of days to live. When Emmett hires someone to kill him (via negotiations with Gabriel Byrne, who in turn negotiates with Tim Roth), you're correct in assuming all is not as it seems. Surprisingly, Scott Wolf is charismatic and believable enough to carry the film, but the presence of Byrne and Roth really helps. The film was shot entirely in Philadelphia (...) and it's interesting to note how stylized the locations become on film. (...) Above all, this thriller (which will no doubt earn adjectives like "sexy" and "stylish") serves up plenty of suspense: My stomach was hurting from holding my breath. (...) it's an auspicious debut." Philadelphia Weekly
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