Familiar situation (in movies, not in life) of the framed lawman steering a murder investigation away from himself, staying one step ahead of his estranged wife, the newly appointed homicide detective. For a while the movie feigns an interest in human relationships -- a romantic triangle or quadrangle, depending on how you're counting -- before it settles down to clickety-clack mechanics. It maintains sufficient speed to evade close examination, and features a hair-raising fight on a seventh-floor hotel balcony. With Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain, and John Billingsley; directed by Carl Franklin. (2003) — Duncan Shepherd
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