A 1995 American Made-for-TV Movie Crime Thriller directed by Steven Schachter that has a paralyzed former cop (Christopher Reeve) plotting his revenge on his unfaithful wife (Kim Cattrall) and her lover (Edward Kerr).
The movie also stars Joe Mantegna, Geoffrey Rivas, Finola Hughes, William H. Macy, Ron Canada, Natalija Nogulich, Clark Gregg, Blake Foster, Joanna Miles, and Marty Levy.
It aired on HBO on May 21, 1995.
Tropes for the film:
- Alliterative Family: Dempsey and his son, Damon.
- Disability Alibi: Dempsey Cain is a police officer who is shot and paralyzed from the waist down. He uses this as a means to get away with murdering people who wronged him because no one can prove a wheelchair-bound man is capable of it. It's revealed his disability is faked, though.
- A Family Affair: Gail is having an affair with Dempsey's brother, Nick. Dempsey ends up killing them both and successfully spinning it as self-defense.
- Modesty Bedsheet: When Nick and Gail are having sex under the covers that fall to their waists when they're interrupted by the sound of his pager going off, Gail then starts reading a book topless before they resume their lovemaking. Nick then gets completely under the blankets and pulls them up to Gail's neck.
- Obfuscating Disability: Dempsey faked having his legs disabled so he could murder Gail while standing so that he wouldn't be suspected. note
- Tagline: "One cop is too hot, one cop is too cool, and one of them will commit the perfect murder".
