Driving by his deep will and concern about saving his seat in the next elections, Nicolas Hostetler, the mayor of New York City, who suspects that his wife is cheating on him, asks for help from Billy, an intelligent former cop, who finds out many evidences of his corruption and oppression.
The picture comes out swinging with both a conscience and a set of brass knuckles; it also features a Russell Crowe who doesn't, thankfully, sing. What's not to love?
Most of the roles are so ambiguous you end up scratching your head in the final reel, and some of the loose ends are so irrelevant they seem to have ended up on the cutting-room floor.
It is predictable procedural fodder - you can see the "twists" coming a mile away - but done with enough conviction to paper over the plot holes and cliches.