"The basic rule of homicide applied: nothing stays buried forever. Corpses. Ghosts. Nothing stays buried forever. Nothing."
Two policemen are paired off in the homicide squad. One, 'Bucky' Bleichert (Josh Hartnett), is taken under the wing of the other, Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart). The pair become friends, along with Lee's girlfriend Kay (Scarlett Johansson). But when Elizabeth Short is murdered, in whatbecomes known as the Black Dahlia case, their personal and professional lives get twisted up inside the mystery.
Inspired by the notorious and unsolved murder, this jumps into the seedy world of would be actresses attracted to the bright lights of Hollywood, via the LA police. A modern take on 40's noirs, moves along effectively, until the central murder, when it subsequently doesn't satisfactorily explain why the two should take so much interest in the case and ends up disjointed.
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