The Defective Detective

A NYC police detective turns out to be a vain, clueless fame-chaser more interested in landing a movie deal than solving crimes

When New York talent agent Robert Vick stumbles upon a brutal case of child abuse, grief still raw from the loss of his own two children, he doesn’t hesitate - he knocks out the boy’s father and races the child to the emergency room. But the aftermath spirals into absurdity when the assigned detective turns out to be a vain, clueless fame-chaser more interested in landing a movie deal than protecting the victim. Instead of justice, Vick finds himself coerced into helping the cop chase stardom, turning a worsening tragedy into a grotesque audition