10 to Midnight

(1983)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 237 votes

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Year: 1983

Runtime: 101 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Джей Ли Томпсон

Cast: Чарльз Бронсон, Лиза Айлбахер, Andrew Stevens, Джеффри Льюис, Gene Davis, Уилфорд Бримли, Robert F. Lyons, Sydna Scott, Iva Lane, Ola Ray

Plot

Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.

A Los Angeles detective carries the quiet rot of long service. When a brazen killer begins butchering young women, the case slips under his skin and starts living there. Evidence piles up. Proof never sticks. Courts shrug while the predator circles closer to home. Pressure builds inside the detective until restraint feels like surrender. The hunt stops being professional duty and turns personal. Pride, rage, and fear twist together as he pushes past the law he once served, gambling everything on the belief that he alone sees the truth before the next strike.