It was written by Randall Frakes, based on a novel by Mitchell Smith and directed by Mark L. Lester.

Tyler Pierce, a convicted bank robber who just recently escaped the prison, joins with a former call girl to investigate the murder of his daughter.

Michael Madsen’s central character is unusually conceived as a hero goes and the film is tightly plotted, consistently keeping one’s interest.

Indeed, despite the unusualness of the central character and an interesting plot set-up, by about halfway point all of this has dissipated and Sacrifice has become merely a routine policier.

projects, it's safe to concretely conclude that here's an ultra-slumming actor preferring quantity over quality.