In the late 1940s, a murderous couple known as the 'The Lonely Hearts Killers' kills close to a dozen people. Two detectives try to nab the duo who find their targets via the personals in the paper.
John Travolta
as Elmer Robinson
James Gandolfini
as Det. Charles Hilderbrandt
Jared Leto
as Ray Fernandez
Salma Hayek Pinault
as Martha Beck
Scott Caan
as Det. Reilly
Laura Dern
as Rene Fodie
Michael Gaston
as D.A. Hunt
Dan Byrd
as Eddie Robinson
Alice Krige
as Janet Long
Dagmara Dominczyk
as Delphine Downing
GenerationofSwine
Well a lot of people have pointed out that it is full of cop cliche's... and I won't disagree, but it's a neo noir, and rather than cliche I would call them "tropes" as in, it does it's best to hit as many tropes as it can... ... and as someone that loves the genre in print, in comic, and on the ...