this be a case of a bunch of people think they be so clever they have a story that fit the time . remember the all around political conspiracy catch on camera in the year lead to the watergate and a little later . most movie try to cash in on made for tv o so powerful and o so mind numbing conspiracy be in fact catch in their own navel gaze attitude . i be never a fan of the conversation which i find as much date a others conspiracy stint of the time but coppola be true to his main character and hackman be a pretty engage actor to observe . i mean these conspiracy movie be mostly drown in the character pool of noir hero . lot of question unanswered and lot of dis communication . well this take at least bergman to build a movie about such un visual base . the next man be a perfect example of it time represent one political soup serve with an idealistic character and an horrendous conspiracy tighten it web around him . neither part be interest in itself and the whole doesn not get any good . in fact you can tell how much it will be bad from the very first sequence pile up watcha that murder without ever advance any storyline . pedestrian directing at it bad a most of the movie be one pompous accumulation of scene revolve around violence naively bring under the viewer eye .