In Karen Kusama's thriller, a tortured detective (played by an unrecognizable Nicole Kidman) becomes obsessed with taking down the leader of a gang whom she previously failed to defeat in a sting operation as a young cop. It sounds tremendously grim and maybe a bit sludgy—the SF Chronicle's Mick Lasalle says it "makes Manchester By the Sea seem like an afternoon party with clowns and balloon animals"—but generally worthwhile for Kidman's performance.