City Hall
1996
**½
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Danny Aiello, Bridget Fonda, Martin Landau
New York City is hit by a scandal when an innocent child dies in a shootout between a detective and a mobster who was released on parole. The deputy major digs into the case and discovers widespread corruption. This well-acted drama has an impressive list of screenwriters (Kenneth Lipper, Paul Schrader, Nicholas Pileggi and Bo Goldman), yet its script is the weakest link. The plot is predictable and the dialogue is mostly redundant jabber.
