The cinephotography was superb, as was the editing. Continuity errors mar the film.

The characters, a semi-literate disturbed ex-grunt, a troubled child hooker and a solipsistic shallow, preppy campaign aide do not grab the attention. Both Cybill Shepard and Jodie Foster to a very good job in limited roles. De Niro manages to combine violent, disturbed, repetitive, banal and boring all in one role.

The scene changes are abrupt. The plot has chaotic jumps, not an arc of drama. Basically a waste of time unless you are into the lower end of imitation cine noir films.

Ain't no Hitchcock.