Slow Burn

"The truth is just a trick of light."

Apr 13 2007 R 1h 33m
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney (Jolene Blalock) and a cryptic stranger.

Plot

District attorney Ford Cole is running for mayor, promising to capture the city's elusive crime boss, Danny Ludin. On the night of a gas link in the inner city, his interview with a national reporter is interrupted by word that his best prosecutor, Nora Timmer, who's also his lover, has killed a man she claims was assaulting her. A few minutes later, a man shows up at Cole's office claiming it was murder, implicating Nora in complicated schemes and crimes. Cole wants a few hours to get to the bottom of a mess that quickly includes land deals, shell corporations, and political corruption. Who's setting up whom?

Written by

Wayne Beach, Anthony Walton

Directed by

Wayne Beach

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Longfellow Pictures, GreeneStreet Films, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Bonnie Timmermann Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

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# of Votes
4,436
Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
34
Popularity
NA