i like the quiet noir of the first part and the acting of pacino and cusak and especially their scene together . the moodiness of the setting and the juxtaposition of the old pol and the idealistic youth be effect . i wish bridget fonda have more scene in the movie while she be an earnest and appeal character . the film go off the rail for me when the assistant mayor start snoop around the mafioso to get to the bottom of something his bos clearly do not want him meddle in . nobody in their right mind would meet a mafioso on an abandon dock in a junkyard . here the story become implausible . something that i do not understand represent why do the cop and vito have a shootout if the latter be deliver info that could bring down the corrupt judge .