Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante

A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuse to help him in this gritty crime film.

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45% liked it

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83% liked it

18 critics

R, 2 hrs. 17 min.

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Release Date: April 27, 1990

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DVD Release Date: May 25, 1999

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  • August 24, 2007
    Nick Nolte plays a greasy smell bad racist cop, who tries to intimidate Timothy Hutton. Justice is served to the pig.
  • May 13, 2009
    Good cast and director fails to hit home in this tale of corruption.
  • June 25, 2008
    This movie was too long and it felt like a dozen other mob/cop movies I've seen before. It was pretty much ::yawn::
  • July 20, 2009
    saw it years ago and liked it, however, I need to see it again to fairly rate it.
  • April 11, 2009
    Just a decent actionfilm. Nothing really special though.
  • March 23, 2008
    Lumet certainly has a thing about the NYPD and corruption...

    That's no bad thing though and whilst this isn't his best, it's still an absorbing tale. The characters are interesting and the story is told in a way that doesn't insult your intelligence which I appreciated.

    Tim...( read more) Hutton is good and Guzman rocks but when you put them together with Nolte, it's clear who owns this flick. The dude is pretty ferocious and intimidating throughout and he makes no attempts to soften his character which makes him all the more watchable.

    Although it loses it's way towards the end and it becomes a tad predictable in it's closing scenes this is a pretty good example of the genre.
  • June 12, 2007
    Good cop bad cop .. Doesn't get better ..
  • June 3, 2007
    GOOD SUSPENCEFUL DRAMA!
  • March 19, 2007
    Really dull and silly tale of New York police corruption.

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April 9, 2003
Nick Schager, DVD Angle

Its jumbled storytelling eventually makes it a second-tier effort from one of America's most unsung directors. full review

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