This movie follows a very similar model to the Jesse Stone series even including Polly Shannon, Jessie's girlfriend. Like Stone Ben Sloane is highly intuitive when it comes to solving crimes, packs a mean punch when attacked, and is not a huge fan of stupidity. Unlike Jesse he doesn't carry a gun but he does drink a lot of whiskey...perhaps a dog's stony glare would have helped in this regard but alas there is no dog in the story. Like Jesse Ben also seems tormented by some past misfortune but I won't say what it is as I don't want to spoil things for you. All said and done this is an entertaining movie with Scott Patterson more than holding up his end of things and while the plot may be cliche ridden the overall tale is believeable and well told.
Review of Concrete Canyons
