I love Ray Liotta and Christian Slater, but this was dumb. Christians slaters character was a total d$&% for no reason. How is that productive? This makes no sense as someone mentioned their dna would have matched, so this makes no sense. So dumb. The acting was sub par too. Not sure what was going on because it had a lot of great actors. Everyone is so dumb, there's a killer out and I think I'll go on a date. I would be super scared and yet movie magic somehow removes all common sense. The title is a stretch, very disconnected. Adding shots of the river doesn't make it about a river. Like get over yourself, plenty of kids had a hoochie dad, it happens. Not enough of a reason to kill innocent people and steal fetuses. Which also didn't make a lot of sense, he's stealing fetuses from the last 30 years? Not sure why they cast who they cast, because they were a bit long in the tooth for this pregnancy plot line.

***SPOILERS*** Ray Liotta is Spokane homicide detective Jack Verdon who's past as a one night stand for the most part ladies man seemed to have caught with him. That in a number of women, young & old, found brutally murdered with their bodies desecrated that he had affairs with him in the past. The fact that Verdon had countless affairs-in the hundreds-puts almost every woman single or married and divorced in danger of being the serial killers next victim.

Despite now being "happly" married to local bartender & short order cook Ana, Gisele Fraga, didn't seem to stop Jack from cheating behind her back that caused a sexually frustrated Ana, whom he was ignoring, to do some cheating on her own. With Jack as the #1 suspect and the FBI on the case in the person on Agent Vukovick, Christian Slater,Jack has to find the mysterious serial killer before he himself ends up convicted of his crimes. With the killer targeting Ana as his next victim it was only the miracle of life, her being pregnant, that saved her. Something that all his other victims who ended up for the most part getting abortions, after he knocked them up, didn't have.

****SPOILERS*** Hard to figure out just what the movie is trying to tell it's audience in that we see the religious fanatical and bible thumping killer John Lee,Michael Rodrick,in not such a bad light even though he murdered some dozen women, including Jack's mom, in his crime spree against, in his mind, sinners. In fact John actually wanted to pay for his crimes in not making any attempt of saving his life after Jack finally cornered him by the river where he dumped most of his victims. Filmed during the rainy season in Spokane Washington that made the movie even far more depressing that it already was. As for John's motives we were in for a far a big surprise at the very end when he found out, before Jack shot him, who this John Lee really was!

Ray Liotta has starred in many a fine picture(s), but I did not think this was one of his better films. His acting was certainly up to par but the movie was thin on content. Ray Liotta plays Detective Jack Verdon, a married man with a very active sex life with many, many partners before he got married several years ago.

Somehow, someone has been murdering the women Jack has previously slept with, and as any good serial killer will tell you, the killer has to have a modus operandi. So Jack is first accused of being the possible serial killer as he cannot account how anyone else would know the women he has previously taken on as one time lovers, so his badge and gun are temporarily confiscated. As more murders of Jacks former lovers are turning up, Jack is eventually cleared to go back on duty.

Supporting cast members include Ving Rhames as Jack's Captain, and Christian Slater as a pesky FBI agent. I enjoy a good serial killer movie but this film left me with little to be too intrigued about. A THRILLER it was not. Yes, it is worth a watch for a late night movie when you cannot sleep but it is not an "edge on your seat THRILLER", nor does it have a unique or surprise ending. Somewhat disappointing overall.

I rated it a 4 out of 10. Sorry Ray, but maybe your next suspense film will result in a better IMDb score.