As a warning to baseball superstar Cash Manley (Howard Dell), who's poised to break Joe DiMaggio's record, a white supremacist nutjob is killing African-Americans and slicing off their thumbs. Assigned to this high-profile case, Bronx detective Lou Mattoni (Scott Bakula) must confront his own prejudices, which have been steadily reinforced by his father and fellow officers. Teamed with Altman Rogers (Leon), an uptight black FBI agent, the brash Mattoni recognizes that the madman's modus operandi resembles that of Mr. Busby, a/k/a Tom Thumb, whom he apprehended fifteen years ago. If the culprit isn't Tom Thumb himself, however, it's unclear who'd have reason to co-opt...
Released:
2000
Rated:
R
Length:
95 mins