Veteran director and inveterate New Yorker Sidney Lumet returns to the topic he tackled in SERPICO, PRINCE OF THE CITY and Q&A: The complicated and frequently dirty ties that bind together New York City cops, lawyers, criminals (especially drug dealers) and politicians. This time, the lone just man caught in a web is Sean Casey (Andy Garcia), a one-time cop from Queens who's just joined the District Attorney's office as an assistant. Casey's dad Liam (Ian Holm) -- a 37-year veteran of the force -- is nearly killed in a world-class snafu involving three police precincts and vicious drug dealer Jordan Washington (Sheik Mahmud-Bey). Three cops die, and Casey's conniving...
Released:
1997
Rated:
R
Length:
113 mins