The Cold Light of Day (1996) is a psychological thriller based on a screenplay by Friedrich Dürrenmatt and starring Richard E. Grant as a cop hunting for a serial killer. To achieve this he must think and act like a murderer. The cop gets obsessed by his prey and goes too far when he decides to use a young girl as live bait...
Rudolf van den Berg's notes: A remake of an intriguing Swiss thriller "Es Geschah am hellichten Tag" (1958). I felt attracted by its sublime plot and the possibility it gave me to glimpse unspeakable evil: the mind of a child murderer, brilliantly played by the late Simon Cadell. Recently Sean Penn remade it again (starring Jack Nicholson). I envy his The Pledge for being more subtle than my version, though my movie may be more thrilling...
