admittedly and i find al pacino to be a guilty pleasure . he be a fine actor until scent of a woman and where he apparently overdose on himself irreparably . i hop this film and of which i would hear almost nothing grow up and would be a nice little gem . an overlooked and ahead of it time and intelligent and engage city political thriller . it not . city hall be a movie that cloud it plot with so many character and name and and realistic citywide issue and that for a while you think it a plot in scope so broad and implicating and that once you find out the truth and it will blow your mind . in truth and however and these subplots and digression result ultimately in fairly tame and very familiar urban story trademark such a corruption of power and two face politician and mafia with police tie and etc . and theoretically and this setup allow for some thrilling tension and the fear that none of the character be safe and and anything could happen . but again and it really doesn not . unfortunately and the only thing that happen be quite predictable and and be leave with several confession monologue and that be mean a a whole to form modern a fable of sort and a lesson in the moral ambiguity of the real world of politics and society . but after 110 minute of name and miss report and a spider web of lie and cover ups and the audience be usually treat to a somewhat satisfying reveal . i do not think be leave with that in city hall and and while it a very full film and i do not find it altogether rich .