“D-Tox” (or “Eye See You” as it is also known) stars Sylvester Stallone (“Cobra”, “Cliffhanger”) and it’s a film that is not really talked about. It’s certainly an unusual film for Stallone as it seems to mix elements from “Se7en” and bizarrely “The Thing” but somehow it works. This is an effective thriller about a cop after a serial killer.

F.B.I. agent Jake Malloy (Stallone) is left traumatised when his girlfriend is murdered by the serial killer he has been assigned to catch. He turns to drink and he even tries to kill himself so his superior has him check in at a former-military asylum in snowy Wyoming. The place is now being used to treat law enforcers that are on the edge. However, when some of the patients end up dead, it appears the serial killer has tracked Malloy down.

During the first act, I did really feel that Stallone was an appropriate choice for this type of film. This felt more like “Se7en”, “The Silence of the Lambs” and “The Bone Collector” than anything else so having Rambo in there seemed an odd choice. However, I changed my mind as I got further into the movie. Kris Kristofferson (“A Star Is Born”) plays the guy running the facility as he’s okay. Robert Patrick (“Terminator 2: Judgement Day”) plays a particularly aggressive inmate and he’s really good. Polly Walker (“John Carter”) is really good as Jenny.

I never imagined that a Stallone film would make me think of John Carpenter’s “The Thing” but the way in the characters become isolated, surrounded by a hostile icy environment and unsure of who among them is a killer really did make me think of that film. This is a really underrated film from Stallone and that is a shame. This is a disturbing film due to the fact it focuses on serial killers so expect the same brand of violence as the serial killer movie I mentioned earlier.