from Warner Bros.
Directed by
Michael
Caton-Jones
Starring
Robert
DeNiro (Detective Vincent LaMarca)
Frances
McDormand (Michelle)
James Franco (Joey LaMarca)
Eliza Dushku (Gina)
William Forsythe
Patti LuPone
George Dzundza (Reg)
Written by
Ken Hixon
Mike McAlary (Esquire article: Mark of a Murderer)
Rated: 
(for language, drug use and some violence) |
 New York
City homicide detective Vincent LaMarca (Robert DeNiro) has forged
a long and distinguished career in law enforcement, making a
name for himself as a man intensely committed to his work.
But on his latest case, the stakes are higher for Vincent.
The suspect he's investigating is his own son (James Franco).
He and Joey have been painfully estranged ever since Vincent
divorced his wife and left the decaying boardwalks of Long Beach,
Long Island for the anonymity of Manhattan and a successful career
with the NYPD. He lives his life in solitude, keeping his girlfriend
(Frances McDormand) at arm's length; the closest relationship
he maintains is with his partner, Reg (George Dzundza) - and
Vincent makes sure that stops at the precinct door. As long as
Vincent lives in the protection of the present, he doesn't have
to deal with the pain of his past - or his sorrow over his broken
relationship with Joey.
But this murder investigation is drawing Vincent home to Long
Beach, the self-proclaimed "City by the Sea," where
the past has been waiting for him to return. The agonizing memory
that has tortured him all his life - the death of his father,
a convicted murderer who was executed when Vincent was just a
boy - still plagues him. In the course of the investigation,
he discovers that his own unresolved pain and failures as a father
have deeply influenced Joey's life, and now his 18-month-old
grandson may be fated to follow their self-destructive paths.
Haunted by his father's death, the sins of his own past, and
the desire to break the cycle for the sake of his grandson's
future, Vincent must put his life on the line in order to do
right by both his family and his profession.
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