This film begins with a Chicago detective by the name of "Eddie Jillette" (Richard Gere) receiving a tip from an informant that a wealthy man named "Paul Deveneux" (Terry Kinney) has arrived in the city and is looking to hire a hitman to kill somebody in New Orleans. Since this person has never seen the hitman in question Eddie decides to go undercover and check it out in detail. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned and after his partner "Joe Collins" (Gary Basaraba) and Paul Deveneux are ruthlessly murdered, Eddie decides to go to New Orleans and find the man responsible. Of course, what he doesn't fully understand is that New Orleans is very different than Chicago and the person he is after is much more dangerous than anybody he has ever encountered. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an exciting crime-drama which suffered from several highly improbable scenes. But that's Hollywood for you. Regardless, I thought that both Kim Basinger (as "Michel Duval") and Richard Gere put on excellent performances and I have rated this movie accordingly. Slightly above average.
