A little after the global success of Andrew Lau's Infernal Affairs films, long before the remake train that would become The Departed got rolling, word got out that Lau was making the jump to Hollywood. Word was he was directing a thriller with Richard Gere and Claire Danes - and featuring a cameo by getting-her-ass-sued-off-for-stealing-songs Canuck singer Avril Lavigne - titled The Flock. People got all excited for a little while, the film wrapped way back in March of 2006 and then ... nothing. The film got buried and hasn't been seen since. Which is usually, though not always, a pretty clear indicator that it's not very good. There are reports of an October release date - a full year and a half after it was finished - here in North America, but the Japanese are getting it sooner and have just launched a website for the film complete with a pair of trailers. Which look okay, actually ...

THE FLOCK is the story of hyper-vigilant federal agent (Gere) who, while training his young female replacement (Danes), must track down a missing girl whom he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he's investigating. Working against the clock they unravel the twisted details to track the potential killer.