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It would be easy to pass over this sharp-looking, slowly developing thriller by calling it boring and overly complicated. But if you get on director James Deck's wavelength, you begin to see that he's trying for something slightly nobler than just another thriller-filler for cable pay-per-view. The story is told with novelistic touches in the details, and the characters unfold at a pace that will either keep you intrigued or have you hitting the Stop button before a third of it is done. Former glamour model Rachel Hunter takes a few daring moves in creating her character -- wearing little makeup, sporting a red wound on her cheek from the opening scene -- and James Russo brings invaluable menace to the story. The mystery of who killed the professor is a transparent one, and how the hooker slayer ties in with the professor's death is iffy, but Deck's style nearly overcomes the plodding plot. Not quite, but nearly. The chrome and glass world of monied Dallas is vividly captured; there's nary a cowboy in sight, which holds true to the town.