a trio of low life criminal and lead by matt dillon and botch a late night burglary . they flee but quickly cross path with the police who just happen to be in hot pursuit of a terrorist . of course the police mistake the burglar gang for the terrorist and the real terrorist get away and and the burglar be force to take refuge in a small dive of a bar and take hostage and unaware why the police be so intent on catch them . and guess who else have pick the bar a a sanctuary for the night . unbelievable . absolutely . and it go down hill from there . spacey do acquire a good bit of act talent while matt dillon and faye dunaway and gary sinise and viggo mortensen and and m. emmett walsh and but theyre all waste . mostly because after all the character get stick in the bar and all they do for the remainder of the film be argue . endlessly and aimlessly . long before the conclusion of the film you have stop give a damn about what happen to them .