An old retread, Al Pacino, plays Will, a detective sent with his partner Hap (Martin Donovan) up to Alaska to investigate a local murder over the heads of the small town police. They are escaping from internal affairs scrutiny for their planting of evidence in Los Angeles. Hap wants to take a plea, but Will doesn't want to concede.
As they investigate the local murder, Will starts getting calls from someone who knows so much that he must be the killer, right? That wily Walter is a local author, played by Robin Williams. It's a small town so they meet soon enough, and there is a definite Heat vibe between the cop and the robber. Walter gets into Will's head and the bad craziness is acerbated by Will's lack of sleep in the always daylight of Alaska summer.
Meanwhile the local young detective Ellie (Hillary Swank) is trying to do her best to do some independent investigation. All three converge at the end to solve the mystery.
A good story and camera work in the Alaska scenery.
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