The Cast and a Complex Plot Involving CIA, a Private High-Stakes Criminal Corporation, and Ex-Operatives make for an Involving Sterile Take on the Soul-Less.
The Center-Piece of the Story Involves Bribing a Judge to Vote Against a Law-Suit brought by Plaintiffs Representing a Chemical Company Dump that Caused Birth Defects.
There is a Firm Called the "Tool Shed" Set-Up for Highly-Financed Criminals.
Big-Money Scum-Bags who will Pay to Play in the Cess-Pool of the Ultra-Rich.
This Darkest of the Dark Neo-Noir World.
The Film Reflects the Mood by Ice-Cold Individuals with an Empty Pit for a Heart.
A Complete Lack of a Moral Compass who Live by Ruthless Means at Every Turn,
and are Constantly Worried that the other Sharks They Swim With will Turn and Eat Them any minute.
The Great Cast has a Field-Day Seeing Who can be the Most Sociopathic.
Stylized by Minimalist Sets that Lack Beauty or Light and a Moody Down-Beat Score.
Add to that, Pithy and Bone-Chilling Dialog by Novelist Ross Thomas and You Have one of the Most Scathing, Underrated Neo-Noirs of the 1990's.
Witness the Dark-Side.
Smooth and Silky, Pristine People Who Walk Among Us with Impunity.
Until They Meet Their Comeuppance in Film-Noir.
The Center-Piece of the Story Involves Bribing a Judge to Vote Against a Law-Suit brought by Plaintiffs Representing a Chemical Company Dump that Caused Birth Defects.
There is a Firm Called the "Tool Shed" Set-Up for Highly-Financed Criminals.
Big-Money Scum-Bags who will Pay to Play in the Cess-Pool of the Ultra-Rich.
This Darkest of the Dark Neo-Noir World.
The Film Reflects the Mood by Ice-Cold Individuals with an Empty Pit for a Heart.
A Complete Lack of a Moral Compass who Live by Ruthless Means at Every Turn,
and are Constantly Worried that the other Sharks They Swim With will Turn and Eat Them any minute.
The Great Cast has a Field-Day Seeing Who can be the Most Sociopathic.
Stylized by Minimalist Sets that Lack Beauty or Light and a Moody Down-Beat Score.
Add to that, Pithy and Bone-Chilling Dialog by Novelist Ross Thomas and You Have one of the Most Scathing, Underrated Neo-Noirs of the 1990's.
Witness the Dark-Side.
Smooth and Silky, Pristine People Who Walk Among Us with Impunity.
Until They Meet Their Comeuppance in Film-Noir.