Traces to death

Movie
German title	Traces to death
Original title	Brother's Keeper
Country of production	USA , Canada
original language	English
Publishing year	2002
length	82 minutes
Rod
Director	John Badham
script	Steven Baigelman , Glenn Gers
production	Justis Greene
music	John Ottman
camera	Ron Stannett
cut	Frank Morriss
occupation
Jeanne Tripplehorn : Lucinda Pond Corin Nemec : Ellis Pond Leland Orser : Travis Evan Parke : Arthur Fortis, "Junior" Brian Jensen : David Pond Ben Cardinal : Running Bear Britt McKillip : Young Lucinda / Marcie Cameron Bright : Young Ellis Andrew Jackson : Adam Ruane William S. Taylor : Fred Tierney Patricia Drake : Ritchie Noel Callahan : Kelly Hewitt Peter LaCroix : Tom Hewitt Kathryn Kirkpatrick : Aileen Hewitt Lloyd Berry : Lloyd Murgin

Footprints in Death (Original Title: Brother's Keeper ) is an American - Canadian thriller from 2002 . Directed by John Badham and written by Steven Baigelman and Glenn Gers .

action

Lucinda Pond and her brother Ellis were abused by their father when they were children. Lucinda becomes a policewoman, but quits her job after accidentally causing a man's death during an operation. She becomes depressed and has a drinking problem, which affects her marriage.

Ellis, who had committed a criminal offense, escapes from prison and kills people in order to convey a message to Lucinda. Lucinda's boss, with whom she had a brief affair, persuades her to return to active duty to solve the case. In doing so, however, she has to work with an FBI agent whom she mockingly calls "junior".

During the showdown in a forest, Pond is injured by a trap in the leg. The wanted injured junior in a duel before he is caught by the policewoman. Pond tries to arrest her brother alive and put him in a mental hospital, but he is shot dead by a female sniper. In the end, Pond makes up with her husband.

background

The film was in Burnaby ( British Columbia turned). It was published in the USA in January 2002 and in Germany in March 2004.

Reviews

Jamie Gillies called the "lifeless" thriller "garbage" in the Apollo Movie Guide . It is sad that John Badham has directed. The plot is "standard commodity", the supporting actors would act like in a television show about police officers. Worth mentioning is the portrayal of Corin Nemec as a brutal psychopath, who wins the sympathy of the audience due to his childhood. Tripplehorn seems unrealistic and unconvincing - but she gains points by not trying to imitate Jodie Foster's portrayal of what Julianne Moore did in Hannibal .

Cinema magazine wrote that the film was "losing tension".

TVdirekt magazine wrote that the film offered "common cop clichés".

Awards

The film was nominated for the Saturn Award in 2003 .

Web links

• Traces to death in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Traces to death. In: prisma.de. prisma-Verlag , accessed on September 27, 2017 . 
• Traces to death at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Filming locations for My Brother's Keeper, accessed January 4, 2008
2. ↑ My Brother's Keeper premiere dates, accessed January 4, 2008
3. ↑ Jamie Gillies: Brother's Keeper. In: apolloguide.com. Apollo Movie Guide, archived from the original ; accessed on September 27, 2017 (English). 
4. ↑ Cinema, accessed January 4, 2008
5. ↑ TVdirekt 1/2008, page 99