Characters & Themes
City of Shadows (1987) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1987 · 92 mins · English
- Directed by
- David Mitchell
- Starring
- John P. Ryan, Damian Lee, Louis Negin, Frank Moore, Tony Rosato, Timothy Burd
A dedicated officer finds himself trapped in a nightmarish reality, pitted against his own blood. In a Cain‑and‑Abel‑style clash, one brother roams the streets as a renegade cop while the other is a child‑predating killer. Their violent showdown leaves only a single survivor.
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