Synopsis
Max Walker, a down-and-out cop, becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of heroin. When someone starts picking off his team members - and the drugs seized in the raid suddenly disappear - Walker pairs up with one of his detectives to uncover a conspiracy that may go straight up the chain of command.
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Cast
- Michael MadsenMax Walker
- Daryl HannahSalt
- Mykelti WilliamsonSampson
- Mark Boone JuniorBugsby
- John CassiniTravalino
- Nicholas LeaJenkins
- Martin CumminsAgent Arnaud
- Aaron PearlChambers
- KuruptTJ Greene
- Justine WarringtonHooker
Recommendations
- 63
TV Guide Magazine
B-movie stalwart Michael Madsen turns in a no-holds-barred, road-wreck performance in this nihilistic crime thriller, which plays out a variation on the old maxim that there's no honor among thieves -- even if they're cops. - 60
L.A. Weekly
Inglis offers complicated characters and uniformly worthy performances without falsely manipulating us into sympathizing with anybody but tries too strenuously to fuse his warring polarities of character-driven intrigue and plot-driven treacheries into an allegory of redemption. In the end, that feels like one or two big things too many. - 60
Los Angeles Times
You've see this movie before, but you haven't seen it filtered through Madsen. - 50
The New York Times
Raul Sanchez Inglis directed, but Mr. Tarantino's influence prevails, in the cinematography by Andrzej Sekula of "Dogs"; in the abundant epithets and expletives; and in the climactic "Dogs"-style standoff. The film is also dedicated to Chris Penn, Sean's brother, who was in "Dogs" and died in 2006. But missing, regrettably, is that movie's inventiveness, clarity and wit.
