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The real mystery of D-Tox (hereinafter referred to by its video tile, "Eye See You") is why it never found a distributor in North America. I thought it was a good movie. You have to give star Sylvester Stallone a little credit for trying to shed his Rambo he-man image and playing a distraught and tragic hero.

The story involves a serial killer who has been murdering cops and whose murders will be investigated by FBI agent Jake Malloy (Stallone). When the killer murders Malloy's girlfriend Mary (Dina Meyer) he goes into a funk and finds solace at the bottom of a bottle to the point of contemplating suicide. Malloy's friend and partner Hendricks (Charles S. Dutton) convinces him to go to an isolated D-Tox center in Wyoming run by shrink Kris Kristofferson.

Malloy is thrown in with other cops from various locations who also have demons to exorcise. Among them are Christopher Fulford as Slater who tries to befriend him, Noah (Robert Patrick) who has a chip on his shoulder, McKenzie (Robert Prosky), Jones (Courtney B. Vance), Brandon (Mif) and Lopez (Angela Alvarado) among others. Polly Walker plays Jenny a sympathetic nurse and Tom Berenger and Stephen Lang as two suspicious workers at the facility.

It turns out that the serial killer that Malloy thought he had killed earlier, has in fact infiltrated the D-Tox Center and has begun systematically murdering the people there. But who is he or she?

Director Jim Gillespie gives us a murder mystery rather than an action film. It has the isolation and claustrophobic feeling reminiscent of John Carpenter's "The Thing" (1982) except in this case the killer is human and not alien.

Stallone is good in the lead role experiencing a wide range of emotions. Its one of his better performances in recent years. Of the supporting players, Patrick stands out as well as Fulford, Dutton, Prosky, Vance, Alvartado and Lang. Berenger hardly has anything meaningful to do and is wasted here. And watch for Ron Howard's dad Rance Howard as the proprietor of the lodge that Dutton stays at. "Eye See You" is an under appreciated film and deserves a chance to find an audience. It is hoped that the video release will give it proper visibility.

This is very much a movie that went under the radar, it's a watchable enough thriller, with a decent story, the plot and outcome are a little on the predictable side, but it's decent.

I'm not the greatest fan of Stallone under the sun, but he does a decent job in a role that sees him cast against type.

Some of the characters are hilariously over the top, the therapist for one, surely Arnie would have been better casting, as this guy is clearly compensating for something. Fortunate it has the glorious Polly Walker in it, that's the real bonus.

If you like your mysteries with added testosterone you may just about enjoy it. 6/10.

Moving film contains a twisted intrigue , good eye cinematography and a support cast actually good . An alcoholic FBI enforcer named Jake Malloy (Sylvester Stallone) attempts to recover himself from a grisly killing , as his only way results to be a deep rehab . As Malloy resorts to drink but then takes the advices of his superior (Charles S Dutton) to go to snowy Wyoming detox centre conveniently located in the middle of nowhere . This defunct nuclear command and control outpost is only accessible by snow-mobile . As he checks into a rehab clinic that specializes in treating law enforcement officials with unexpected consequences . But is is not the ordinary clinic , being run by ex-cop (Kris Kristofferson) and staffed by a doctor (Polly Walker) and bitter as well as sneering loonies (Tom Berenguer). There takes place horrible crimes and Jake is taunted by a serial murderer .

Thrilling suspense movie packs chills , noisy action , gratuitous violence , intriguing events , gruesome slaying and winds up into an astonishing finale . Exciting and stirring development , though predictable , when starring finds that his fellow patients are being murdered one by one . This is an acceptable thriller but contains several flaws and gaps , in fact there was trouble brewing on the set because of overages and creative concerns between the director and the studio ; as producers let it sit on the shelf for many months and after over a year it was decided to do a re-shoot . Nice production design and spectacular snowy scenarios, in fact , the film's snowstorm sequences were shot in Canada . Decent acting by Sylvester Stallone , as he comes off lightly as a cop who comes undone after witnessing a brutal scene on the job . Very good support cast though really wasted , all of them play ex-cops patients varying from psychotically aggressive , paranoids , drunken , suicidal person ; being performed by Robert Prosky , Sean Patrick Flannery , Christopher Fulford , Jeffrey Wright , Angela Alvarado , Robert Patrick , Courney B Vance , among others . Suspenseful and frightening musical score, fitting to action , by John Powell . Colorful cinematography in Panavision by Deam Semler , shot on location in Vancouver , Whistler, New Westminster, British Columbia, Toronto, Ontario ,Canada

This killer-chiller was professionally directed , though with no originality, by Jim Gillespie . After the movie was finished in 1999 Universal studio decided to screen it to a test audience but all screenings of the first cut got very bad reactions by them , it was then shelved for quite some time while re-shoots and story changes were being done , in conclusion , the movie debuted in USA in home video . Jim Gillespie is a director and assistant director, known for ¨Venom¨ and his big hit : ¨I Know What You Did Last Summer¨ . He also has produced and directed for TV such as ¨World without end¨ , ¨The legacy¨ , ¨Shooting Gallery¨ and ¨Cardiac arrest¨

Well, having not only spent two years on the shelf but getting released straight to video AND the original studio - Universal - disowning it (removing its logo and "Universal presents..." as well as giving it to another studio to release on DVD and video) I was expecting yet another Stallone bomb. Actually, while I would never say it's a good movie, it nowhere as bad as you might think - it's certainly better than recent Stallone turkeys like GET CARTER.

It's actually starts surprisingly well. Not only is Stallone's character given a lot of dialogue, Stallone actually *acts* when delivering it. The subsequent events that traumatize his character are well done, with a genuine eerieness to them. Things continue well for a while longer, showing the utter pit of despair Stallone's character has fallen in, and Stallone once again is up to this challenge.

Then he goes to the detox center, and the movie quickly falls apart. The biggest problems are:

(1) WAY too many characters. It was extremely difficult to remember who was who with all these people walking in and out of the camera. It's also difficult to separate each person in your mind because we hardly learn a thing about each character - if we are lucky.

(2) REALLY bad editing. Scenes (and some individual cuts) go by so quickly that we often don't get the chance to properly digest what we're given to ponder. Two things happening at the same time (in different places) are cut back and forth with no seeming purpose, and no coherent flow. Though the DVD has eight deleted scenes, it's obvious that there was originally a lot more shot. I have to agree with another poster that there are signs there was a desperate effort to save the movie in the editing room.

(3) Once in the detox center, poor Stallone has almost NOTHING to do. He's given almost nothing to say, and frequently sits on the sidelines while things are happening. Not exactly a star vehicle, this movie.

Still, there is a good amount of atmosphere, the movie is briskly paced (though sometimes incoherent because of this), and the sets/production values are pretty decent. While I wouldn't have recommended anyone to see it at a theater if it had gotten released there, you have to remember there have been far worse films (with and without Stallone) that did get such releases.

The movie has some terrific performances and a nice buildup. However, once you reach the wilderness..... it goes wild! The way they have made the last 15 minutes of the movie makes me feel that the story writer lost interest in the movie altogether. Stallone is top notch though he does look a bit tired in the first half of the movie.

I was in a dark mood and my DVD rental matched it. An older Sylvester Stallone once again moves away from the 'invincible hero' image towards a 'vulnerable consummate professional' image. Although it unfortunately includes today's staple of graphic violence, the suspense still overwhelmes. Several established names portray unusual characters whose real personalities unwantingly surface in the course of events. Overall the mystery of a whodunit dominates until almost the end. To increase the mood of darkness founded by the story's theme, the bulk of the film is shot at an isolated location in mostly dark, low light scenes. Characters are sufficiently defined for emotional association by viewer. This film effectively accomplishes its task of delivering entertaining escapism for its target audience during what today is considered a short runtime of 1-1/2 hours.

There are two things a thriller needs: a strong sense of atmosphere, and a competent level of character identification. "D-Tox" has neither. It's hard to care about, much less like, a bunch of characters if you can't remember their names.

FBI Agent Jake Malloy (Sylvester Stallone) is tracking down a killer who is picking off cops. After his girlfriend Mary (Dina Meyer) becomes the next victim, his boss (Charles S. Dutton) gets him to go to a rehab for cops who had seen one too many bad things in their profession. But the killer is not finished with Malloy yet...

I'd address the performances, but to be honest, no one is developed enough to make that really matter. The actors do what they can, but the script is to paper thin and director Jim Gillespe is so inept that it doesn't matter. That's a real shame, because the cast members aren't exactly no talent hacks. Sylvester Stallone, Charles S. Dutton, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Berenger, Courtney B. Vance, Robert Patrick, the late great Robert Prosky, Sean Patrick Flannery. All of these actors have talent, but they aren't allowed to utilize them. Polly Walker still manages to be great despite her limitations, and Sly Stallone actually acts.

Given its star power and its great premise, it's hard to imagine anyone screwing this up. With a talented director at the helm and a few re-writes, this could have been the second coming of "Halloween." Alas, we have Jim Gillespie, whose only notable mark on his resume is directing "I Know What You Did Last Summer." I'll admit that making a suspenseful film is hard to do, but Gillespie is totally clueless. He has absolutely EVERYTHING he could need at his disposal, but he isn't able to pull it together enough to make it any more than watchable.

There are worse things you could do with your time, but if you want to get creeped out, watch something else.

Stallone is very good in this serial killer thriller as a troubled suicidal cop who is sent to a rehab type centre for troubled cops in the middle of nowhere & in the middle of a blizzard filled winter, when his girlfriend is murdered by a serial killer, the place is surrounded by snow & more snow.

Stallone gives an excellent toned down & sad performance & shows he's a very good actor when he's not doing just action & here he gets to be moody, angry & messed up, he's very good & really does a great tortured performance & i felt for his character alot & would rank this up there as definitely one of his best performances of his Career!!!

If any film of Stallone's is an underrated Gem then it's this one.

This is an ensemble flick with a bunch of great actors among the group with Robert Patrick, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Berenger, Polly Walker, Charles S. Dutton, Jeffrey Wright, Stephen Lang, Courtney B Vance, Robert Prosky, Christopher Fulford, Dina Meyer & Sean Patrick Flannery. Thats a hell of a good cast of actors & are all pretty solid in this serial killer Thriller.

Now another good thing about this slick, underrated Cop Thriller is the casting of Robert Patrick among the ensemble, this guy is so cool & is one of those intense & rugged actors that usually turns up in B-movies or in Big films but in a small role, anyway i love Patrick & been a big fan of his since the video days when he got my attention in AWESOME films such as Die Hard 2, T2, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Zero Tolerance, Cop Land & many more, Robert Patrick is a favourite of mine & i love to see him pop up in stuff, he also starred with Stallone in CopLand.

A couple of bits in this film that wasn't too great was the Killer himself, the villain of the piece was obvious the first time we meet him, no surprise or build up of the Who Done It? & a couple of little bits didn't make too much sense such as Stallone still carrying his Gun with him even though he's Suicidal? & later a guy goes around the outpost building looking for the killers tracks in the middle of a blizzard!!! Some small silly bits but nothing that distracts from an otherwise very entertaining Thriller. I've liked this film since the video days & always enjoyed it so much as simply a fun, late-night Cop Thriller, always thought it was ridiculously underrated & always was a fan of it & Still is my favourite Stallone performance.

This film is directed by the same guy who directed the brilliant 90's slasher classic I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) so you know he's great at doing creepy atmosphere & someone picking off others violently.

The setting is creepy & cold & lonely & makes the threat of a killer amongst the already troubled & paranoid cops atmospheric & the paranoia is strong.

The winter setting works well & gets exciting when they become cut off & stranded.

I got vibes of Classic suspense films like John Carpenter's The Thing & the lonely isolated setting felt similar in away.

D-TOX is very good well made Thriller & actually one of my favourite Stallone films along with Cobra, Daylight, Demolition Man & Tango & Cash.

D-Tox is a great little serial killer Thriller with one of our childhood action stars in a different type of role.

Robert Patrick is one of my top 10 fave actors: Will Smith, Robert Patrick, Fred Ward, Tom Atkins, Roy Scheider, Robert Forster, Barry Pepper, Robert Davi, Nick Nolte & Dan Aykroyd.

Sly Stallone stars as an FBI Agent who turns to drink when the love of his life becomes the victim of a crazed serial killer who has been targeting cops for death. So struck by the tragedy, he is coerced into signing up for a rehab programme at a remote asylum facility, but soon it becomes clear that the serial killer is still in his midst.

Famously delayed from being released for quite some time, D-Tox is like an itch on Stallone's CV that he will never be able to scratch. In truth it's quite serviceable as a formulaic thriller, but it's so derivative and, yes, dumb, it's hard to recommend with any sort of confidence.

Any number of thriller films you have probably seen will spring to mind when viewing this, but in short it's like a "10 Little Indians" meets "The Thing", with a side order of "Seven" thrown in for good measure. The first half is actually well built by the makers, establishing Stallone's emotional chaos, his dive into the bottle, and then setting him up in an institution that is frighteningly monolithic in a grey and steely way. His co-patients are all troubled coppers in search of a dry run, and this also sets things up neatly for some rich characterisations, unfortunately it all descends into cliché hell and wastes what is a rather superb cast - while Stallone unfortunately shifts from a believable tortured soul into a muscle head with a gun. Cest la vie!

Good moody atmosphere and some heart jolting deaths keeps the pic on the boil, but ultimately the pandering of the norm renders a promising thriller to being distinctly average. 5/10

Eye See You aka D-Tox (2002) is an excellent thriller/suspense film that will keep you guessing to the end who the killer is. Sylvester Stallone returned to the screen after a three-year absence (excepting his voice work in Antz) with this tense and violent psychological crime thriller. D-Tox is Underrated awesome thriller flick with a great performance from Sylvester Stallone.watch Eye See You aka D-Tox 2.weeks ago and I was really surprised. Stallone really surprised me how good this movie was. It is very underrated and I think a lot of people did not watch it or like it. Well I love it and it is one of my favorite movies. I still love this movie to death very underrated Stallone's movie but is still very good action horror movie and it's a pretty decent. I also think Robert Patrick as Peter Noah did an excellent job even for underrated mystery thriller flick I love it.

I enjoyed this movie its a decent watch and Sly was good in it. Whiteout with Kate Beckinsale is my favorite psycho thriller flick set in the snow, wouldn't mind checking out The Colony sometime even thou its got mixed reviews. This awesome action, horror, brilliant, gore film was directed by Jim Gillespie who also directed one of my favorite horror slasher flicks I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). One of my favorite horror films and the most tamed slashers. And when you find out that Kevin Williamson wrote it the lake of blood is a shook, considering the Scream films he wrote. Beside Sylvester Stallone there are awesome castoff actors in it that I just love: Tom Berenger - Platoon (1986) , Sean Patrick Flannery - The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones), Con Express (2002) , Dina Meyer - Johnny Mnemonic (1995),Starship Troopers (1997), Robert Patrick - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), The X-Files Season 8 -9. (2000-02) , Courtney B. Vance - The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Kris Kristofferson - Blade (1998), Blade II (2002) and Blade: Trinity (2004).

The plot is about cops been trapped in a snow storm in a clinic for a cops, while the killer is among them hunting them. Survival is a killer. Recovering from the psychological effects of witnessing a brutal crime, FBI agent Jake Malloy checks into a rehabilitation clinic for police officers. There, stripped of their defenses, including badges and weapons, they can dry out and begin to face their futures. However, the therapeutic sanctuary soon becomes a nightmarish prison when a major snowstorm cuts off the clinic from any communication to the outside world. Patients begin to turn up dead amidst suspicious circumstances and it becomes clear that there is indeed a killer among them, and any one of them could be the next victim. As a whodunit, the movie is alright too. The story keeps you guessing who the killer is until just about the reveal. "Eye See You" is never scary and I don't even know if it's supposed to be. However, it's mildly satisfying as a gory murder mystery.

So this is a film that definitely still stands the test of time and deserved much better. This film is very intense and you always seat on an edge, trying to figure it out who the killer is and how he was so intelligent. The film has a flaws, but been in the snow it is a still good film including with a perfect cast of actors and actresses. Yes I love this film and I don't care what anyone says it is not an awful film! It is actually good. When I watched the first time this film, that was last year on Blu-ray, I thought this film will suck! I was surprised how good this film turned out to be. Sylvester Stallone really surprised me. There are some o his films I really don't like but this film is not one of them. It is a thrill suspense movie.

D-Tox is a 2002 American psychological thriller film directed by Jim Gillespie, and starring Sylvester Stallone and Charles S. Dutton. The film was released in the United States on September 20, 2002.

8/10 Score: B Studio: Universal Pictures, KC Medien, Capella International Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Tom Berenger, Charles S. Dutton, Sean Patrick Flannery, Dina Meyer, Robert Patrick, Robert Prosky, Courtney B. Vance, Polly Walker, Jeffrey Wright, Kris Kristofferson Director: Jim Gillespie Producer: Ric Kidney Screenplay Howard Swindle Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 36 Mins. Budget: $55.000.000 Box Office: $79,161

In post-production limbo for three years and then critically lambasted on release, this Sylvester Stallone-starring serial killer opus has been unfairly maligned, in my opinion. Sure, it's not a great movie, and it has its fair share of faults. The film is pretty poorly edited and paced and suffers from an over extensive supporting cast of interchangeable characters which robs the narrative of its lucidity; you're never quite sure who the latest victim is, so that ruins a lot of the suspense and tension they strive to create. But did this deserve to go straight-to-video when other rubbish Hollywood flicks were shown in the cinemas?

I don't think so. For what it is, it works. It's one of those post-SEVEN serial killer movies in which tired, past-it cops attempt to track down psychopaths who always seem to be one step ahead. And you don't get much more down-on-your-luck than Jake Malloy, the lead character here. Driven to attempted suicide by the brutal slaying of his girlfriend, he's dispatched to a rehab clinic in the icy wastes to help him overcome his mental problems. Stallone takes this lead role, which led to a number of critics slating him. I really don't get their attitude. If he stars in an action flick they laugh at him; if he tries to do something different, like here, then they call him miscast. How about giving the guy a break? Stallone gives a typically excellent performance even though the script doesn't give him all that much to do, and you can really feel for his character's plight. I loved him to bits.

The film starts off in a pretty grisly and unpleasant fashion and carries on from there. Once we move to the isolated detoxification centre it starts to pay homage to THE THING, what with the characters trapped in a single, snowy locale, and picked off one by one by an unknown menace. The twist that all the intended victims are cops makes it interesting to watch, as they're actually capable of fending for themselves and working stuff out, rather than the usual lame teenager running off into dark corridors type stuff we see.

The last great thing about this movie is the fantastic ensemble cast. It reads as a who's who of character actors and takes some beating. Kris Kristofferson plays the clinic director with his customary Blade persona: all gruff and gritty; Christopher Fulford plays the British contingent; Jeffrey Wright is the on-the-edge, half-crazy guy; Robert Patrick is the wise-ass; Courtney B. Vance is the religious nut; also popping up are old-timers Tom Berenger and Robert Prosky. One of my favourites is Charles S. Dutton, who excels as Stallone's cop buddy. Female support is from Dina Meyer and pretty Brit Polly Walker who brings a lot of integrity to her part. Okay, so it's not a great film by any stretch of the imagination, but I had a good time watching – and you can't say fairer than that.

I was amazed when I first spotted this film at my video store, that it sneaked into the store. The cast should've sent this to cinema's, but that first section is tough to sit through and the finale loses control. Between that is a genuine thriller with a lot of substance and mystery. There was a lack of studio trust with this film and considering the budget, not that hard to believe. Stallone is quite good and almost pulls this film off. I had hoped this might've grown into a fun thriller and whodunit, but sadly not. Okay for what it is, but nothing more.

We all remember him as ''ROCKY'' or ''RAMBO'' it's unfortunately sad that the critics won't agree when sly does anything outside the ''ACTION'' genre....anyway the movie is the kind that you would watch with you're girlfriend or a loved someone on a rainy night...

Troubled ''ex'' cops are in a D-TOX center ..something goes wrong when they start winding up dead...its up too stallone to catch the killer..

Sylvester stallone is good as the main character, Robert patrick ( the guy in the terminator and the x files series ) is really good and gives a 10-10 In his performance in this movie..without giving away anything else..., its a good movie. and stallone just like in the last decade is very very underrated, he CAN act!

*** (3)out of(5) *****

This is a by the numbers serial killer film. Cliche ridden and as dumb as they come. Having said that, at least it wasn't pretentious and if you want something that is fairly entertaining and doesn't overtax your brain, there are a lot worse out there.

The 3'rd outing to Stallone's return to cinema, isn't half a bad one, in an exciting pick off cop thriller. Stallone, now an FBI agent, wants blood avengement after his wife is brutally killed, by this cop killer, the former victim, before his soon to be wife, a cop mate, hung like a bloody piccaso or some horrid wax sculpture. Now, Sly, in the dim after, at the request of a mate (Charles S Dutton), attends a sort of pysch hospital, for cops, out in the blizzards, who have suffered breakdowns. The facade of this stone walled established is really cool to look at. Run by a ex cop, (Kriskrisoffersen) who suffered a major breakdown himself, and really doesn't care much for the other patient's (cops) problems, so it seems. Stallone's nightmare apparently has followed him to this retreat, where very soon, one by one, or two, cops are picked off, one already dead floating in an ice pond. Really not much suspense, pre dead victiim, but this film is very entertaining. God knows what Robert Patrick's problems are, the hothead, taunting member of the group. His performance, in this fantastic. Again, it has another credit opening inspired by Se7en, and to a little extent, Kiss The Girls, and Stallone's soon to be dead wife, is a real beauty. It's pretty obvious to pick who the killer in this, he might as well have a sign on his front. Other good performances I really liked were that, of Polly Walker, a cooky Tom Berenger as a caretaker, one other great actor playing a cook. Sly, the star himself, is pretty good too. Sean Patrick Flannery puts in a touching performance highly emotive performance, as a more gentler sheepish cop character. Charles S Dutton is fun to watch, fly fish too. All in all, DTox, aka Eye See You, which is a title I love better, is a great way to pass 92 minutes of the day, but there are patchy moments, and some amateur dialogue moments. Bring it on Sly.

Eye See You (2002): A serial killer is targeting cops, he has a grudge against FBI Agent Malloy (Sylvester Stallone) and kills Malone's police officer friend and then his girlfriend. He also tricks Malone into shooting a SWAT agent. (Not Spoilers,this happens in the first ten minutes.) Malloy hits the bottle but is persuaded to go a tough Detox facility which caters exclusively for law enforcement officers and is situated in the wilds of Wyoming. But the officers start to die, one by one. Pretty gruesome,electric drills through spyholes into eyes, victims hanging from the ceiling in various positions. Elements of one Flew over The Cuckoo's Nest mix with The Shining - the huge facility was previously a military psychiatric hospital and they're cut off by a snowstorm. Director Jim Gillespie delivers an entertaining murder mystery. 7/10. On Netflix.

Good cast. Promising plot. At that point, I thought the movie wanted to be Seven. Nope. Then, it wanted to be a Phoenix rising from the ashes revenge flick. Nada. Then it wanted to be a murder mystery. Juuust a bit outside. Then it tried to be something resembling a horror movie/whodunnit. Ball four, take your base. One could watch the last 10 minutes of this film and know as much as someone who watched the entire bloody movie.

Why the crap did this get bad reviews? I mean, it is not a classic, but my god it was damn entertaining. There are some big story gaps but it is fun none-the-less. Stallone actually goes deeper into acting than his usual and it is surprisingly very good. Check it out anyways. *** out of *****

It doesn't usually bode well when a movie which has languished on the shelf for three years undergoes four title changes (it's called Eye See You in the States, but has also been known as 'Detox' and 'The Outpost' since its 1999 production), before a tellingly low-key release. Such is the case with D-Tox, directed by Jim Gillespie (I Know What You Did Last Summer) and starring Sylvester Stallone.

Predictably, this one's a dog. A riff on John Carpenter's The Thing crossed with David Fincher's Seven, it lacks the tension of both, and has a plot you could steer a snowplough through. This involves Stallone's FBI haunted and hunted FBI agent Jake Malloy. Following the slaying of his colleague and wife by a serial killer, the grief-wracked, alcoholic Malloy is sent to a clinic to a dry out.

The cops-only drying-out clinic where the action takes place is located in the wintry wastes of Wyoming (though it was filmed in Vancouver). It's sinister, impressively realised bunker-like construction is hardly conducive to restoring mental health, one would have thought. Here, Malloy's demons come haring back as, one by one, his fellow patients are slain in worryingly familiar fashion. Never the most versatile of actors, Stallone turns in his most somnolent performance to date, his acting range veering from mildly irked to quietly rankled throughout (no mean feat when your screen wife have just been butchered).

It would be refreshing, just once, to encounter a serial killer who isn't driven by a righteous morality (just why this one's got it in for Malloy is never properly explained), and one whose catchphrase ("I see you - can you see me?") doesn't sound like a 'Play School' presenter's. But ultimately, it's the lack of a decent script - or even basic research - that really jars.