Wiki plot premise; Bobby Gold (Mantegna) is an inner-city homicide detective on the trail of Robert Randolph (Rhames), a drug-dealer and cop-killer on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. En route to nab an accomplice of Randolph, Gold and his partner Tim Sullivan (Macy) happen upon a murder scene: the elderly Jewish owner of a candy store in a black ghetto has been gunned down, reportedly for a fortune hidden in her basement. The deceased woman's son, a doctor, uses his clout to have Gold assigned to the case in the belief that Gold, himself Jewish, might be empathetic to his plight.
My comments; This is a story with some interesting themes Like Mamets later film Glengarry Glen Ross, the main protagonist has a gift with words and spinning fantasies. Like the salesmen in that movie, detective Gold has the gift and uses it to convince suspects and witnesses that everything will be OK as long as they do what he says.
This gift makes him a skilled and valuable member of the police force and of his smaller team of detectives. The twist in the story is that he gets caught up in his on fantasy and is first manipulated and then consumed to the extent, his colleagues and those he has made promises to are let down {I wont give away the ending}.
My comments; This is a story with some interesting themes Like Mamets later film Glengarry Glen Ross, the main protagonist has a gift with words and spinning fantasies. Like the salesmen in that movie, detective Gold has the gift and uses it to convince suspects and witnesses that everything will be OK as long as they do what he says.
This gift makes him a skilled and valuable member of the police force and of his smaller team of detectives. The twist in the story is that he gets caught up in his on fantasy and is first manipulated and then consumed to the extent, his colleagues and those he has made promises to are let down {I wont give away the ending}.