Jewish cop Mantegna is about to blow open a big case when he accidentally becomes embroiled in the case of a Jewish corner shop owner who is murdered. Initially disinterested and keen to sort the big crime, he slowly becomes obsessed with the second case when the motives for the killing become more complex.
A great script from Mamet and a fine turn from Mantegna pull you deeply into the anti semite / zionist underbelly of society. Mantegna is great as a man on the horns of a dilemma between his loyalties to the police and his Jewish background and those he wishes to help. The film is also all the more suspenseful as neither side as shown as necessarily having right on their side.
A great script from Mamet and a fine turn from Mantegna pull you deeply into the anti semite / zionist underbelly of society. Mantegna is great as a man on the horns of a dilemma between his loyalties to the police and his Jewish background and those he wishes to help. The film is also all the more suspenseful as neither side as shown as necessarily having right on their side.