first of all and this film be not release to theatre ( test poorly they say ) and i say they figure the story of crooked cop and politician and dedicate newspaper people have be do to death and just send it dvd and cable tv > and take the money and run . that be say i usually like this type of movie and especially with this name cast . morgan freeman and justin timberlake and kevin spacey and l. l. cool j and cary elways and john heard and on the distaff side and piper perabo and roslyn sanchez . the plot and story have be do to death and but the above cast bring life to this violent movie and it be actually watchable . justin timberlake be good a the dedicated young reporter for a throw away newspaper edit by morgan freeman and the others be either crooked cop and and politician or somewhat decent guy and the 2 lady be the girl friend of ll cool j and justin timberlake and do whats require and it be quite violent and many killing etc and not for child . by no mean be the a great film and but for what it be and the cast it be definitely good and rating ( out of 4 ) 86 point ( out of 100 ) imdb 8 ( out of 10 ) .