A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Luis Guzmán
- Cyrus
- (as Luis Guzman)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe opening 20 minute Steadicam sequence is not really one continuous shot - there are numerous hidden edits. At least 12 minutes of the sequence was done in one take.
- Goofs(at around 26 mins) When Santoro is speaking with Lincoln Tyler in his room for the first time, Lincoln says he was head-butted and there are 2 butterfly stitches on his right eye brow. When he sends everyone out of the room you can clearly see that Lincoln now has 3 butterfly stitches on his right eyebrow while talking with Santoro.
- Quotes
Commander Kevin Dunne: How's Angela?
Rick Santoro: Fat, fabulous, fantastic--I love her.
Commander Kevin Dunne: How's the other one--what's her name? Candy?
Rick Santoro: Oh, Monique? Skinny, mean, expensive--I *LOVE* her!
- Crazy creditsThe end credits scroll over a construction site scene (presumably the new casino), closing in tighter and tighter until the final shot is of a bright red jewel embedded in a concrete pillar that the workmen are installing. Most of the time the jewel is hidden under the hand of one of the workers. The ring was worn by the red-haired woman/Navy agent who was part of Commander Kevin Dunn's scheme.
- SoundtracksFiesta Mexicana
Written and Performed by Rick Rhodes (as Rhodes), Chieli Minucci (as Minucci) & Steve Skinner (as Skinner)
Courtesy of Zomba Music Services
Featured review
I Like This.....Which Surprises Me
Most people didn't like this movie, from what I have heard and read over the years. Some of my friends who saw it didn't like it either. For some reason, I did, and that was despite a few things I normally don't put up with (too much usages of the Lord's name in vain and the usual anti-military agenda.)
However, I found this a very fast-moving, involving story with Nicholas Cage playing an extremely interesting person: "Rick Santoro," a guy who acts like a complete crazy man at the beginning but slowly gets it together as the film goes on. Gary Sinise plays his normal corrupt role (this was before his CSI: New York days) and Carla Gugino was very easy on my eyes.
Brian DePalma directed this, so you know it's going to be stylishly shot, too. This looks really, really good on the recently-released Blu-Ray.
All the characters are interesting, actually. One complaint I agree with: the ending was a bit weak and detracts from the story. It's a rough film but edgy and interesting. Don't be discouraged reading a lot of negative reviews about this. It's good entertainment.
However, I found this a very fast-moving, involving story with Nicholas Cage playing an extremely interesting person: "Rick Santoro," a guy who acts like a complete crazy man at the beginning but slowly gets it together as the film goes on. Gary Sinise plays his normal corrupt role (this was before his CSI: New York days) and Carla Gugino was very easy on my eyes.
Brian DePalma directed this, so you know it's going to be stylishly shot, too. This looks really, really good on the recently-released Blu-Ray.
All the characters are interesting, actually. One complaint I agree with: the ending was a bit weak and detracts from the story. It's a rough film but edgy and interesting. Don't be discouraged reading a lot of negative reviews about this. It's good entertainment.
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Box office
- Budget
- $73,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $55,591,409
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,310,373
- Aug 9, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $103,891,409
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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