The Custodian

[1994, Movie]

The Custodian: Review

This ambitious Australian police corruption drama skirts the perimeters of PRINCE OF THE CITY and Q&A. Intelligently scripted but murkily directed and atmospheric to a fault, THE CUSTODIAN squanders its suspense potential in order to slam home some familiar points about media exploitation of crime. Abandoned by his alcoholic wife, defiant individualist Detective James Plato Quinlan (Anthony LaPaglia) doesn't have the patience to avoid stepping on the toes of criminals and... read more