Behind Javier Barea (Juanjo Puigcorbé), an expert forensic psychiatrist, lies a dangerous serial killer. When he is about to kill a woman, a murderer calls a radio show and confesses to being the author of several crimes committed in Madrid. He also claims that he will kill another woman that night and offers the radio host (Beatrice Dalle) a game: find out in one hour where his victim is by providing a series of clues. If she doesn't do it, she will be next on the list. This call causes Maria Ramos (Lydia Bosch), to mobilize a group of specialists to find the culprit. Maria Ramos results to be the judge in charge of the case, is listening to the radio and immediately assembles an investigating team that includes Javier himself. In turn, the judge must face the young and ambitious radio host who, in order to become the audience leader, is willing to ignore any kind of ethics. How long until she becomes the next victim?
This Spanish-French thriller is set in Madrid containing thrills, intrigue, plot twists and grisly killings. A failed attempt to make a modern thriller following the canons of "Seven" and others in a similar style, the film received poor reviews at the time of its release, but seen today and taking into account the large number of lousy movies that have emerged within the psychokiller subgenre, this one turns out to be mediocre but not as bad as it was expected or the bad reputation it has.
Producer Eduardo Campoy directs his fourth film from a script by director/writer Agustín Díaz Yanes, to show the procedures of Spanish justice as he criticizes 'yellow journalism' and raises the question of the limits of the right to information and the secrets of the sources received from the journalist by an anonymous person. The issue matter results to be the judge in charge of the case begins to suspect the forensic is the killer, but she is simultaneously attracted to him. The peculiar triangle composed of the murderer and two women and is made up of: The Spanish Juanjo Puigcorbé, Lydia Bosch and the French Beatrice Dalle as the late-night radio talk-show host. To these must be added the commissioner in charge of the investigation, played by the strong giant Bud Spencer, and Mabel Lozano, the producer's wife, playing a prostitute. Along with other more secondary ones, such as: José Manuel Lorenzo, Rafael Romero Marchent, Manuel Gil, Rosanna Walls, and Rosanna Yanni
There's a luxurious cinematography by Armand Marco, although a perfect remastering is necessary . As well as a not very suitable soundtrack by Mario de Benito, including various songs as background music, such as: ¨Radar Love¨ written by George Kooymans and Barry Hay performed by Golden Earring; ¨Just Like a Woman¨ written by Bob Dylan; ¨No More Mr. Nice Guy¨ written by Alice Cooper and Michael Bruce; ¨Hold the Line¨ written by David Paich; ¨Mama Kin¨ written by Steven Tyler; ¨Eternal Shadow of Love¨ written by Mario de Benito, Richi Morris and José Luis Abel. The motion picture was professional but averagely directed by Eduardo Campoy. This is his fourth film , he previously directed Too Much Heart (1992), Alone Together (1990) with Victoria Abrill and Copia cero (1982) by Fernando Fernán Gómez. Campoy is a notorious producer who has financed a lot of films , such as: Hasta que la boda nos separe (international title: The Wedding Unplanner, Solo una vez (Just One Time), Mamá o papá (You Keep the Kids), El Test, Litus, Todos lo hacen, Héroes del barrio, Supernormal, Con quién viajas, among others. Rating: 5.5/10. Acceptable and passable.
