Hatchetman (2003)

Stripper Claudia is trying to get into law school and is dating Sonny, a detective who works long hours and is never around when she needs him.  For their first anniversary, Claudia gets Sonny a tie, one of the more impersonal gifts you can give your beloved.  But it's much better than what Sonny gets her, which is nothing.

Sony is investigating the murders of strippers - four in the past 48 hours - who were all killed with a hatchet and are missing their hands.  The prime suspect is Daniel, Brittany's ex-boyfriend, who was released early from jail.  While the police try to track him down, the murders continue.

All the strippers work in the same club, and live in the same building, yet the cops seem clueless.  They don't put any police  at the club, and only station one cop at the apartment building even though four girls who live there have been killed. Once they have a cop on guard, he is downstairs while all the remaining  girls live in second floor apartments.

There's a limited number of suspects and you can bet that if everyone thinks it's Daniel, then it's not.  Even Claudia says it's not Daniel as he was a thug, not a killer.  The film is padded with lots of stripping scenes and you will not be happy with the abrupt ending.  Damn you, Hatchetman!

Low rent Tony Curtis is not pleased.

So her hands were attached to wooden dowels?

Ladies and Gentlemen, meet your killer.