Surveillance

Two FBI agents, Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) and Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman), arrive at a local police station in the Santa Fe desert to investigate a series of murders and a missing woman. They interrogate three eyewitnesses: Police officer Jack Bennet, the meth-addict Bobby, and Stephanie, an eight-year-old girl, whose family was murdered by two figures dressed in jumpsuits and latex masks.

As the story is advanced, it is clear that Bennet and his partner are corrupt cops, who enjoy shooting out tires of passing cars, then playing nasty games with the drivers and passengers. Bobby and her boyfriend saw another druggie overdose, and robbed him of all the drugs they could carry. Stephanie's family are victims of the corrupt cops. As the stepfather is changing tires, a van slams into them, killing Bobby's boyfriend and Stephanie's stepfather. The murderers in the mask are behind this, and orchestrate for one cop to shoot his partner, thinking he's the villain.

During the interrogation there is a call received at the station stating that three bodies have been found at a motel not too far away, Elizabeth decides to investigate along with two of the interviewing cops.

It becomes clear that the little girl knows something about the FBI agents. They turn out to be not agents at all, but a couple of lovers who are serial murderers and sexual sadists. Elizabeth shoots the two cops in the head, whilst Sam speaks to Bobby, the police captain and Jack. He presses Jack to admit to shooting his partner. When he refuses, Sam reveals to the trio that he was one of the killers. The police captain tries to shoot Sam, but is killed. Sam then knocks out Jack and talks to Bobby. She says that she was impressed by the killers and tries to flatter and bargain her way to freedom. Elizabeth returns to the station, and we see that Sam has also killed a woman who works there. Sam and Elizabeth then begin kissing and Elizabeth kisses Bobby while Sam stands behind her. As she kisses Bobby, Elizabeth puts a belt around her neck which Sam pulls tight. As Bobby suffocates, Elizabeth kisses her. Jack wakes up and fires at the couple, wounding Elizabeth in the arm. Sam shoots back, killing Jack. The couple then leave the station and pass Stephanie alone on the road. Sam says that he has let her go free because she worked out who they were.

The end sequence shows a voice mail being left at the station from the coroner who is at the scene of the motel murders. He reveals that one of the bodies is that of the missing woman, and that FBI badges have been found on the other two.

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