An Impressive Cast with Sly Stallone Playing Against Type as a Brooding NYPD Wannabe Hampered by a Hearing Deficiency. It's a Complex Story of Police Corruption on a Large Scale Set in a Small New Jersey Town where New York City Police Officers Reside.
Everyone, it seems, is Lapping Up the Gravy and the Local Sheriff (Stallone) just Looks Powerless and is Unable or Unwilling to Match the Onslaught of Crooked Cops doing Crooked Deeds and Flaunting it in His Face.
The Story is Full of Characters and Back Stories so Loosely Woven as to be Lousy with Plot-Holes and Question Marks. The Stellar Cast all have Their Moments as Everyone is On Edge along with the Audience.
It's a Tense Film that is Ultimately Unsatisfying even though the Ending Narration Assures Everyone that Justice Prevailed and Virtually Everyone Gets What's Coming. It's too Tidy to be Believable and too Packaged Considering all that Happened.
Worth a Watch for the Cast and Stallone's Attempt to Alter His Image. An Above Average Drama/Thriller that is Filled with Too Much and Not Enough.
Note...For Star-Watchers the Cast includes....Sylvester Stallone...Harvey Keitel...Ray Liotta... Robert DeNiro...Peter Berg...Janeane Garofalo...Michael Rappaport...Robert Patrick...Annabella Sciorra...Noah Emmerich...Cathy Moriarty...All working for scale.
Everyone, it seems, is Lapping Up the Gravy and the Local Sheriff (Stallone) just Looks Powerless and is Unable or Unwilling to Match the Onslaught of Crooked Cops doing Crooked Deeds and Flaunting it in His Face.
The Story is Full of Characters and Back Stories so Loosely Woven as to be Lousy with Plot-Holes and Question Marks. The Stellar Cast all have Their Moments as Everyone is On Edge along with the Audience.
It's a Tense Film that is Ultimately Unsatisfying even though the Ending Narration Assures Everyone that Justice Prevailed and Virtually Everyone Gets What's Coming. It's too Tidy to be Believable and too Packaged Considering all that Happened.
Worth a Watch for the Cast and Stallone's Attempt to Alter His Image. An Above Average Drama/Thriller that is Filled with Too Much and Not Enough.
Note...For Star-Watchers the Cast includes....Sylvester Stallone...Harvey Keitel...Ray Liotta... Robert DeNiro...Peter Berg...Janeane Garofalo...Michael Rappaport...Robert Patrick...Annabella Sciorra...Noah Emmerich...Cathy Moriarty...All working for scale.