“The Pining” (* out of four) was muddled story that audiences won’t be pining for about a detective (Jackie Dallas) who begins to investigate a series of gruesome murders that lead her to a group-therapy leader (Tom Sizemore) who may know more than he is leading on but there are many other suspects and clues from the groups he has been leading. Absolutely incoherent story never builds any tension or suspense and subsides into meaningless and confusing story tangents instead. Dallas is good in the lead and does what she can with a nothing role; Sizemore is well-cast as a drug counselor.