Drug dealer Michael Jones (Richard Brooks) is accused of killing police officer Patrick O'Leary in Central Park. Public defender Roland Dalton (Peter Weller) receives the case in his last week at legal aid. He's going to work for his girlfriend Gail Feinberger's father on Wall Street. He's facing off against his ex and new ADA Susan Cantrell (Patricia Charbonneau). Michael claims that Patrick, a blue jean cop, was robbing him. Roland gets help from his friend, renegade narcotics cop Richie Marks (Sam Elliott).
It's a simple case of police corruption. Weller is good although he's still more a cop than a lawyer to me. Sam Elliott is nothing less than the loner wolf cop. Richard Brooks has one or two great scenes. The movie does this gritty realism, but it keeps adding these outrageous action scenes. When the chase to the court house happens, that incident ends something ridiculous, but that's not the worst of it. Sam Elliott goes over the top for the win. I don't think those ridiculous scenes fit the rest of the movie. Otherwise, this is a good crime drama.
It's a simple case of police corruption. Weller is good although he's still more a cop than a lawyer to me. Sam Elliott is nothing less than the loner wolf cop. Richard Brooks has one or two great scenes. The movie does this gritty realism, but it keeps adding these outrageous action scenes. When the chase to the court house happens, that incident ends something ridiculous, but that's not the worst of it. Sam Elliott goes over the top for the win. I don't think those ridiculous scenes fit the rest of the movie. Otherwise, this is a good crime drama.