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Academy-Award winner Tim Robbins stars as David Owen, a Manhattan husband and father so unhinged by the noise outside his window that he declares a one-man war on car alarms.

Noise -- Academ-Award-winner Tim Robbins stars as David Owen, a Manhattan husband and father so unhinged by the noise outside his window that he declares a one-man war on car alarms.

Directed by Matthew Saville (in his feature-film debut), this Aussie thriller chronicles the fallout from a mass killing aboard a suburban passenger train. As the surrounding community staggers, young cop Graham McGahan (Brendan Cowell) -- who suffers from chronic tinnitus -- finds himself propelled into the tragedy's frenetic aftermath. The supporting cast includes Simon King, Henry Nixon and Katie Wall.

Desperate for some peace and quiet, New York attorney David Owen (Tim Robbins) takes matters into his own hands. He starts by leaving notes on cars whose owners don't turn off their alarms, but when he's not getting the results he wants, he ups the ante. Soon, he becomes known as "the Rectifier," alternately winning the adulation of citizens and the ire of the mayor (William Hurt). Bridget Moynahan co-stars.