Rehashing his favorite subject of New York City police corruption, Lumet slaps together, they say, an implausible plot (a year after law school, an ex-cop becomes a crusading district attorney), formulaic characters (bad-ass drug dealer, idealistic liberal defense lawyer), and preachy moralizing.
Lumet likes to discuss police corruption.
The man sniffs softly as the rain falls onto his soaked body as he heads home in the middle of the night.