In it, a loner detective is brought back to the unsolved serial killer case that once destroyed his social life, when he is asked to attend a therapy group whose psychiatrist has been receiving phone calls from the perpetrator.

[2][5] Scenes from the final set piece involving a wounded Chris Penn were filmed on the city's major artery of Yonge Street.

[6] In a Toronto Star article published ahead of release, the actor playing the serial killer mentioned feeling uncomfortable during the shoot due to the nature of the role, revealing part of the ending.

Robert Cettl, author of the book Serial Killer Cinema: An Analytical Filmography, described the film as a marriage of the group therapy setting seen in Color of Night, Schizoid and Canada's Phobia, with aesthetics drawn from Seven.

He granted that, while not up to the genre's best, it was "stylish in the expected brooding manner of such derivative works as Bone Daddy [in which Hawkes has a minor role] and Resurrection.