
A family of police officers - patriarch, two sons, and a son-in-law - deals with corruption in a precinct in Washington Heights. Four officers die in an ambush at a drug dealer's apartment. It's brother Francis's precinct, so when the investigation led by brother Ray finds hints of police corruption, there's pressure to close ranks and save Frankie's career. Dad, a police brass, promises Ray that he and Frankie can clean things up, and Ray should focus on catching the drug de... (Full plot summary below)
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A family of police officers - patriarch, two sons, and a son-in-law - deals with corruption in a precinct in Washington Heights. Four officers die in an ambush at a drug dealer's apartment. It's brother Francis's precinct, so when the investigation led by brother Ray finds hints of police corruption, there's pressure to close ranks and save Frankie's career. Dad, a police brass, promises Ray that he and Frankie can clean things up, and Ray should focus on catching the drug dealer who killed the cops. Meanwhile, brother-in-law Jimmy, a hothead and an enforcer, is visited at home by a lowlife. Is Jimmy involved in the corruption? Where can this take the family?
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| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertA gritty thriller in the bloodline of Sidney Lumet's compelling New York City cop stories Serpico, Prince of the City and Dog Day Afternoon, it also offers deeper meaning for anyone willing to look for it. |
| Fresno BeeDonald MunroA well-crafted and sharply plotted version of the genre. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderGrim, abrasive, and hard to watch, full of swaggering men shouting at each other like high school drama students who have just learned how to be vulgar. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThe real mystery is not whether there's corruption in the NYPD (that's revealed quickly), but what made the gifted Farrell, Voight and Norton appear in utterly formulaic policier about torn loyalties. |
| Bangor Daily News (Maine)Christopher SmithThe film is trash, and it's fittingly shot in the hues of a corpse. |
| AV ClubNathan RabinNorton is infamous for rewriting scripts and acting as a de facto director on his movies yet he seems lost and defeated here. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...some fine acting and a lot of gritty realism that make this film...feel like it bubbled up from the Brooklyn/Bronx neighborhoods where it is set. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaElevated by superb performances, led by Edward Norton and a very chilling Colin Farrell. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversIts value is unquestionable as drama and moral provocation. |
| Film School RejectsKevin Carrwith all this talent, these folks managed to make a movie that is about as appealing as two-week-old mayonnaise slathered on a cow patty |