in a performance both volatile and graceful and al pacino re team with sea of love director and harold becker . a new york mayor john pappa in city hall . a savvy thriller thats the first film ever shoot inside the low manhattan structure that ground zero for the city government . that the other nyc location provide the vivid setting a an idealistic mayoral aide ( john cusack ) follow a trail of subversion and cover up that may loop back to the man he serve and revere . bridget fonda and danny aiello and martin landau and tony franciosa and david paymer add more starry brilliance to this grip tale of power . and the power behind power .