a antique shop owner in nyc and play by joanne whalley ( valerie alston ) get put on a u district court jury and on a trial of a know mafioso armand asante ( rusty pirone ) and and most of this very slow pace film revolves around attempt of pirone attempt to get whalley to acquit him of murder and by threaten to kill her son and and herself . much action ensues and involve gruesome mob rub out and interspread with willam hurt a the go between . much of this silly and disjointed mess surround hurt and asante obsession with whalley and courtroom scene that we have all see time and again and and an end that be unbelievable . negative be probably go easy on this waste of time .