Jesse Stone: Night Passage

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Tom Selleck, Stephanie March, Stephen Baldwin. Former LA cop Jesse Stone, whose drinking problem sent him packing, takes on the job of police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts. But it turns out that life in this small town is not without its share of big-time crime. Stone investigates a domestic abuse case, only to find that the husband involved has deep ties to the mob. 2006/color/96 min/NR/widescreen. (02)
How Tom Selleck's world-weary cop Jesse Stone became the police chief of sleepy Paradise, Mass., is revealed in this engaging prequel to the first made-for-TV Stone feature, Stone Cold (2005). Selleck is once again well cast as the rough-around-the-edges Stone, whose drinking problem gets him ejected from the Los Angeles police force; he soon finds himself the head lawman in a small New England fishing village, where his slow dissolution continues until a routine domestic disturbance case reveals connections to money laundering and murder, with several of the town's most affluent names as possible suspects. Selleck is well-matched by veteran scene stealer Saul Rubinek, and there's good work by Polly Shannon as a city attorney who becomes Stone's romantic interest, and Stephen Baldwin as an ill-tempered local. Fans of author Robert B. Parker (on whose books the Jesse Stone films are based) and Selleck won't be disappointed by this smart thriller. --Paul Gaita