A surveillance expert's paranoia deepens into a gritty, melancholy mystery as he anticipates a murder.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
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The thing to know: some innuendo or implied sex, more than a PG usually carries. Beyond that, mild language and a few tense moments.
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A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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