Когда пять тел обнаруживаются в водах Берман-Сити, его иллюзия безопасности разрушается, и Майер Хакетт не остановится ни перед чем, чтобы увидеть возвращение мира.
***SPOILERS*** "Spreading Ground" starts off with a rash of murders of five year old girls in the oceanside town of Burman City. As the killings are connected to a single serial killer the city's chief executive Mayor Hackett, Elizabeth Shepherd, want's the unknown killer to be both captured and killed if possible within 48 hours in order to keep her pet project, by successfully floating a bond in the upcoming municipal elections, for a new sports stadium alive.
Very businesslike authority with little responsibility and only a desire to keep his/her name clean - check. A veteran cop that has bad relationship with his family - check.
This Canadian production gives us Dennis Hopper and Frederick Forest as two detectives who are left only 48 hours to find the serial murderer. If they don't get the job done, the mayor's major investment in some property will be ruined and she'll be out of office.