Description
The movie is about a serial killer who is targeting men in their bedrooms, and two cops who come up with a plan to catch the killer by placing their own ads in the personal columns of a newspaper. The movie is about the relationship between the two cops and the suspect they are dating.
New York cop Frank Keller (Al Pacino) is divorced, disenchanted and
coming close to retirement. A serial killer strikes in the city,
attacking men in their bedrooms and it would seem that a woman
using the personal ads is responsible. Keller teams up with fellow
cop Sherman (John Goodman), who has also had a serial killer
operating on his patch, and together they dream up the idea of
placing their own advertisements in the personal columns, dating
the women and collecting their fingerprints. One woman who answers
the ad is the beautiful and seductive Helen (Ellen Barkin). Frank
falls heavily for her and against his better judgement begins an
affair with the prime suspect.