In what could be the first of several films, Shailene Woodley stars as Baltimore Police Officer Eleanor Falco, a deeply troubled, not very well-educated young woman who finds herself in the middle of a giant manhunt when she is chosen by leader Geoffrey Lammark (Ben Mendelsohn) to help head the operation. The target is an unknown man, who has murdered 29 people near the harbor with a Vietnam-era sniper rifle, using the noise of fireworks to cover up his shots and his location. Eleanor has scars on her wrists. She lives alone with a cat and finds release and relief swimming laps in a local pool. Using laser technology, the police later locate the residence the sniper used as a lair. The place then blows up.
Eleanor was rejected by the Bureau for being “aggressive and addictive.” Lammark, who is brilliant and has enemies, is married to Gavin (Michael Cram, “Flashpoint”) and has heart problems. He believes that “Donna Darko” Eleanor brings a unique point of view to the investigation.
A few days after the first attack, a hooded figure who might be a homeless person, shoots up a mall, killing a dozen or more bystanders and uniformed police. Eleanor and Lammark’s right-hand man Mackenzie (Jovan Adepo, “Babylon”) must comb through a landfill to retrieve a shirt.
