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= Absence of the Good = The Absence of the Good was released on October 15th 1999 staring Stephen Baldwin. A Salt Lake City homicide detective Caleb Barnes has to solve a string of serial killings that have been terrorizing his town. All while coping with the recent death of his son.

Plot
Caleb Barnes life is shattered due to the death of his 12 year old son Michael getting shot in school by a classmate who was showing off his father's gun during school. Caleb attempts to cope with his son's death by focusing on his anger on a new case. A serial killer has emerged in the outskirts of Salt Lake City. After murdering his victims, the killer cleans the scene of the crime and sets his victims up like mannequins. With nothing more than an eyewitness account and a police sketch artist of the suspect the police fear that the killer may be too careful. But everything changes when Caleb follows his hunch that the killer might a link to the homes that the murders have been committed in. Caleb's investigation is put on hold because Mary, Caleb’s wife, struggles trying to cope with their sons death. Trying to get Mary help, Caleb asks police psychiatrist Dr. Marcia Lyons to meet with Mary. But Mary chooses to miss her appointment because she is worried that Dr. Lyons will diagnose her with a mental illness. Conflicts arise between Caleb and his partner when Caleb fails to keep his turmoil at home separate from his investigation. But this conflict forces Caleb and his partner to stumble upon a new clue. The two of them pursue their lead and discover that the Gaskin family has lived in every single home where a murder was committed. This lead to another suspicious piece of evidence that the parents of the Gaskin children have been dead for years. Caleb quickly tries tracks down the remaining members of the Gatskin family, and does so successfully since they still live in Salt Lake City. Jack Gaskin is the first member of the family Caleb finds and learns about Jack’s abusive father and drug addict mother. Caleb shows Jack the police sketch and Jack notices that it looks alot like his younger brother. Caleb asks Jack where he could find his brother he claims that he has not heard from his brother in years ever since he moved away from Salt Lake City. Frustrated Caleb sets out to find Jack’s brother Julie, only to find that she was rendered mute after be brutally assaulted. As the trail gets cold the the killer fails a to kill his next victim after being pepper sprayed sending the investigation into a city wide manhunt. In thrilling chase the killer barely slips out of Caleb's grasp. Fearing this close call will send the killer into hiding Caleb reassess his entire case to trying to figure out the killer’s next move. In a desperate attempt Caleb revisit the crime scene of the first murder where he learns the truth behind the Gaskin family and reveals the killer’s real identity in a shocking twist.

Cast

 * Steven Baldwin as Caleb Barnes, a detective in Salt Lake city.
 * Steve O'Neill as Detective Sloan, Caleb's partner.
 * LAFDY.jpg Daly as Dr. Marcia Lyons, police psychiatrist.
 * Silas Weir Mitchell as Jack Gaskin, serial killer.
 * Shawn Huff as Mary Barnes, Caleb's wife.
 * Allen Garfield as Lieutenant Paul Taylor, police chief.

Production

 * The Absence of the Good was filled in a small suburb of Slat Lake City.
 * John Flynn: Director
 * David Golden (screenplay), James Reid: Writers
 * David Bixler: executive producer
 * Oliver G. Hess: producer
 * Jeff Ivers: executive Headiung
 * Kevin M. Kallberg: producer
 * Brad Krevoy: producer

Release
“Absence of the Good” was released in the USA on October 15th 1999. The movies total box office was almost forty thousand dollars, and received mixed reviews from critics. Scoring a 5.3 on IMDb with 580 user reviews and a %43 on Rotten Tomatoes with 74 user reviews.

Music
All music composed by american film composer Richard Marvin.