Patrick Bergin may be an actor with some chops, but this role as a troubled prosecutor will not be offered in evidence as a supporting exhibit in any trial of his merit. He plays it way too stiff for the plot and context. Joan Severance could make screens sizzle. But in this role, even though her character's sexuality is a key element, she's overdressed and overly restrained, wasting the chance to give this clunker some heat.
But the plodding plot of whodunnit and political corruption that COULD have been a gritty, socially relevant drama also winds up with the dumbest of all possible endings. After building Bergen up as a man of principle, unjustly vilified, playing the lone wolf in making sure he's prosecuting the right defendant, he ends up burying evidence that allows Severance to reel in a fortune via insurance fraud! That's just B. S. rendering the whole thing pointless.
But the plodding plot of whodunnit and political corruption that COULD have been a gritty, socially relevant drama also winds up with the dumbest of all possible endings. After building Bergen up as a man of principle, unjustly vilified, playing the lone wolf in making sure he's prosecuting the right defendant, he ends up burying evidence that allows Severance to reel in a fortune via insurance fraud! That's just B. S. rendering the whole thing pointless.