jewish newspaper reporter justin timberlake ( a joshua josh pollack ) be puzzle when a courtroom defendant whisper thank you to testify officer ll cool j ( a rafe deed ) a he leave the witness stand . in the opening sequence of this film and you be give the explanation . you will see mr. cool j devilish detective partner dylan mcdermott ( a france laz lazerov ) decide not to murder damien dante wayans ( a isaiah charles ) . the cop in the city of edison be so corrupt they shoot their suspect and steal their money and and snort their dope . whether he out to impress his girlfriend ( herein and call pussy ) or win a pulitzer and the city corruption do not sit well with the noble mr. timberlake . timberlake decides to investigate the corruption and which reach both unexpected scope and life threatening level of danger . writer or director david j. burke keep the film above water and but just barely . ll cool j beat timberlake in the pop star to movie star sweepstakes ( aka the rapper to actor progression ) . mr. mcdermott have fun with his role . lend gravitas to the proceeding be sagely support actor morgan freeman ( a moses ashford ) and kevin spacey ( a levon wallace ) . f. r. a. t. mean first response assault and tactical and but it more important to know that edison ( force ) star justin timberlake and ll cool j and not morgan freeman and kevin spacey ( who seem lose ) . edison ( 9/17/05 ) david j. burke ~ justin timberlake and ll cool j and morgan freeman and dylan mcdermott .