THE PLOT THUS FAR
A young cop is assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, and an old secret threatens to destroy his life and his family.
WHAT WE THOUGHT
Jonathan White is a second-generation cop who gets in over his head when he’s assigned to re-open a double homicide cold case in his Queens neighborhood. An anonymous source feeding new information on the long-unsolved murders to a local reporter leads to evidence suggesting a possible cover-up by the former lead detective who was on the investigation. As Jonathan digs deeper into the assignment, a dark secret about the case emerges, which threatens to destroy his life and his family. Dito Montiel does it again in this tale of holding your own when a young cop is assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, and an old secret threatens to destroy his life and his family.
Here’s a slight spoiler alert for you that don’t want to deal with my beating around the bush. Back in 1986, we eventually learn that the main character has a dark secret that’s threatening to destroy not only his own life and career but also that of many other people. How the various characters respond to this situation drives the plot, ranging from moral outrage to fear, guilt, and violence. Each of the characters maintains a degree of sympathy, though your philosophical or political leanings may cause you to label some of them as unreasonable, naive, pathetic, hypocritical, and/or self-righteous.
The DVD comes with commentary from Dino Montiel and the film’s editor. You also get deleted scenes which hold up the same quality of the transfer. The Dolby 5.1 track is pretty strong, but I wish that the cinematography choices didn’t make the film seem so muddy at times. It’s not the worst thing for standard definition, but it could’ve been better. In the end, I’ll recommend a rental.
RELEASE DATE: 02/21/2012
