Epic treatment of a New York cop who decides to bust some corrupt colleagues but is determined not to indict his friends... only to find himself unable to control the impact of what he does. You can smell the streets of New York - the dirty streets, colourful characters, dingy life of police. Very well acted, although Treat Williams was excellent I couldn't help wishing at times the role had been played by a star.
The domestic scenes in these sort of movies never really catch fire - they mostly consist of a wife nagging/worrying - but there are some great vignettes, such as a prosecutor who tries to be sympathetic, a ruthless prosecutor, and Jerry Orbach's honourable corrupt cop. It goes for very long and the florid musical score occasionally got on my nerves. But it's an intelligent, complex film for grown ups and you don't get many of them any more.
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