Rated R, directed by Jim Gellespie, with Sylvester Stallone (Jake Malloy), Charles Sutton (Chuck Hendricks), Polly Walker (JennyMunroe), Tom Berenger (Hank), Sean Patrick Flannery (Conner), Christopher Fulford (Frank Slater), Kris Kristofferson (Dr John Mitchell), running time: 92 minutes.
Known as Eye See You in the US, D-Tox stars Sly Stallone as a cop whose wife has recently fallen victim to a serial killer -- an incident which leads him to the bottle. Following her murder, he heads to a remote outpost where a retired cop helps other cops with their work-related problems. Soon this sorry bunch of guys start dropping like flies and Stallone realizes it's the same man who killed his wife. Can he pull himself together and get the killer before the killer gets him? You might guess. Nonetheless, D-Tox is noteable for mixing the cop-thriller and slasher genres, although not to any noteworthy effect. You might have guessed that, too.
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