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Director: Brian De Palma
Writers: Brian De Palma (story), David Koepp (story)
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise and John Heard
STORY:
Corrupt Atlantic City police detective Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) attends to a boxing match between Heavyweight champion Lincoln Tyler (Stan Shaw) and a newcomer with his best friend, US Navy Commander Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), who is escorting United States Defense Secretary Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani), who has recently arrived from a trip to Norfolk to get the results of the first test of a new missile guiding system called AirGuard. During the fight, Dunne is distracted by an attractive woman named Serena (Jayne Heitmeyer) and his seat is taken by Julia Costello (Carla Gugino), a mysterious woman who tries to speak to Kirkland. Before she can, he is shot by a sniper, later revealed to be an allegedly Palestinian[1] terrorist, and killed. Dunne kills the shooter, and police orders a lockdown on the Arena. Costello escapes.
Santoro believes Costello to be connected to Kirkland's death and starts studying the security tapes in order to find her. In the process, he discovers that Tyler allowed himself to be defeated in order to pay gambling debts to the same woman who tricked Dunne into leaving his post. Believing a conspiracy to be taking place, Santoro tells everything to Dunne, unaware that he is the mastermind behind Kirkland's murder and Serena's boss. Upon realizing that Santoro might discover everything, Dunne murders Serena and another soldier whom he used to warn Tyler of when he should fake being knocked-out, and makes a deal with Tyler to aid him. He and Santoro then try to find Costello, who has taken shelter in the hotel room of a sleazy man named Ned Campbell (David Anthony Higgins). Santoro gets to her first and discovers that Dunne is behind everything and that he faked the results of the AirGuard test in order to push forward its production. Costello discovered the deception and tried to warn Kirkland, but Dunne was waiting for her and staged the entire assassination attempt in order to kill both her and Kirkland.
Santoro hides Costello in a warehouse outside of the Arena and confronts Dunne, who bribes Santoro into telling him of Costello's location and to look the other way on the whole plan. Santoro is unable to allow someone to be killed and Dunne has Tyler beat him up instead. Still, Santoro refuses to speak, so Dunne leaves him alone and follows him to Costello's hideout, just as the Tropical Storm Jezebel breaks out outside. When Santoro and Dunne again meet face-to-face, the water enters the building, washing the badly beaten Santoro and the wounded Costello outside, where the police, tipped off by Santoro, are waiting. They confront Dunne, who, realizing that his plan has gone south, commits suicide in front of TV cameras.
Santoro is rewarded for his bravery, but the press soon uncovers his illegal dealings and he is fired, abandoned by his wife and his lover, loses the custody of his son and is arrested. On the day before leaving for jail, Santoro meets Costello, who thanks him for helping her save many soldiers' lives. They kiss and Santoro promises that he'll give her a call after his release in 12-to-18 months. She smiles and leaves, while Santoro muses that the whole ordeal was worth getting to show up on TV.
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Writers: Brian De Palma (story), David Koepp (story)
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise and John Heard
STORY:
Corrupt Atlantic City police detective Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) attends to a boxing match between Heavyweight champion Lincoln Tyler (Stan Shaw) and a newcomer with his best friend, US Navy Commander Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), who is escorting United States Defense Secretary Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani), who has recently arrived from a trip to Norfolk to get the results of the first test of a new missile guiding system called AirGuard. During the fight, Dunne is distracted by an attractive woman named Serena (Jayne Heitmeyer) and his seat is taken by Julia Costello (Carla Gugino), a mysterious woman who tries to speak to Kirkland. Before she can, he is shot by a sniper, later revealed to be an allegedly Palestinian[1] terrorist, and killed. Dunne kills the shooter, and police orders a lockdown on the Arena. Costello escapes.
Santoro believes Costello to be connected to Kirkland's death and starts studying the security tapes in order to find her. In the process, he discovers that Tyler allowed himself to be defeated in order to pay gambling debts to the same woman who tricked Dunne into leaving his post. Believing a conspiracy to be taking place, Santoro tells everything to Dunne, unaware that he is the mastermind behind Kirkland's murder and Serena's boss. Upon realizing that Santoro might discover everything, Dunne murders Serena and another soldier whom he used to warn Tyler of when he should fake being knocked-out, and makes a deal with Tyler to aid him. He and Santoro then try to find Costello, who has taken shelter in the hotel room of a sleazy man named Ned Campbell (David Anthony Higgins). Santoro gets to her first and discovers that Dunne is behind everything and that he faked the results of the AirGuard test in order to push forward its production. Costello discovered the deception and tried to warn Kirkland, but Dunne was waiting for her and staged the entire assassination attempt in order to kill both her and Kirkland.
Santoro hides Costello in a warehouse outside of the Arena and confronts Dunne, who bribes Santoro into telling him of Costello's location and to look the other way on the whole plan. Santoro is unable to allow someone to be killed and Dunne has Tyler beat him up instead. Still, Santoro refuses to speak, so Dunne leaves him alone and follows him to Costello's hideout, just as the Tropical Storm Jezebel breaks out outside. When Santoro and Dunne again meet face-to-face, the water enters the building, washing the badly beaten Santoro and the wounded Costello outside, where the police, tipped off by Santoro, are waiting. They confront Dunne, who, realizing that his plan has gone south, commits suicide in front of TV cameras.
Santoro is rewarded for his bravery, but the press soon uncovers his illegal dealings and he is fired, abandoned by his wife and his lover, loses the custody of his son and is arrested. On the day before leaving for jail, Santoro meets Costello, who thanks him for helping her save many soldiers' lives. They kiss and Santoro promises that he'll give her a call after his release in 12-to-18 months. She smiles and leaves, while Santoro muses that the whole ordeal was worth getting to show up on TV.
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