A doctor who is also a "mentalist" confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he's confessed to hasn't happened yet--although dead bodies are now starting to turn up all over the place.
Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s noir-adjacent nonsense, then yes, absolutely. If you need your plots to be ironclad and logical, stay far away from this one. You will hate it. It's the kind of movie that feels like it was written on a napkin during a very long lunch. The whole premise of a men...
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s noir-adjacent nonsense, then yes, absolutely. If you need your plots to be ironclad and logical, stay far away from this one. You will hate it. It's the kind of movie that feels like it was written on a napkin during a very long lunch. The whole premise of a mentalist doctor predicting a murder—or causing it?—is honestly a great hook. But then the movie gets distracted. It starts throwing characters at the wall to see what sticks. Jean H..."
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