Amazon.com As a more conventional follow-up to his innovative thriller Memento, Christopher Nolan's Insomnia offers ample proof that his skills are genuine. A superbly crafted remake of the 1997 Norwegian thriller, this moody police procedural is transplanted to a remote Alaskan town, where a veteran Los Angeles detective (Al Pacino) arrives to investigate the murder of a teenaged girl. Professional tragedy collides with psychological turmoil as the detective suffers from sleeplessness under the region's perpetual daylight, and a local rookie cop (Hilary Swank) begins to suspect that truths are being hidden as the disturbing case unfolds. While the Alaskan setting intensifies the atmospheric mystery, Pacino's bleary-eyed disorientation adds a rich layer to his character's erratic behavior, and the casting of Robin Williams as the killer was a risk that pays off nicely. In many respects better than the original, Insomnia is a Hollywood remake that's refreshingly free of compromise. --Jeff Shannon Product Description A pair of L.A. detectives are called to Alaska to help investigate the methodical death of a teen girl. Things take a turn for the worst when one of the cops, already under the scrutiny of Internal Affairs, accidentally kills his partner and then covers it up. Unfortunately, the killer saw the cop kill his partner and now, he's blackmailing the cop to help the killer get away with the original girl's murder.", ISBN13: B00006IUL7 ISBN10: B00006IUL7 Material Type: dvd
