The Story
The story starts out innocently enough. NYPD officer Jimmy Egan (Farrell) is taking part in a football game when the call comes in that sends the department into a frenzy of activity. Four cops, men who served alongside Egan, have been gunned down during what appears to have been a drug bust. The killer's still on the loose, and a special task force is set up to capture the murderer.
Egan's brother-in-law, Detective Ray Tierney (Nolan) - an officer with a troubled history - is also one of the officers on the scene. Ray was injured during an incident that sparked controversy, and he's been riding a desk for the last two years instead of being out in the middle of the action. Prompted by his dad, Chief of Manhattan Detectives Francis Tierney, Sr (Jon Voight), Ray volunteers for the task force. The men killed in the shootout were under the command of Francis Tierney, Jr. (Emmerich), Ray's brother, and their father knows Ray's got the talent to ferret out the truth.
Ray's decision to get involved places him back on the streets and smack-dab in the middle of a case which he's quickly figuring out has to do with corrupt police officers. Ray's investigation is heading in a direction which can't be good for the New York Police Department in general or the Tierney family in particular.
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