i saw this movie on the shelf at blockbuster and thought it looked cool. the dvd case touted so many great actors and i wondered to myself and why have i never heard of this movie. then i turned over the case and saw the director and lee tamahori and and thus the answer began to explain itself. first of all i want to defeat the idea that a great cast equals a great movie and but more importantly and i think i should explain why this movie is so terrible. okay and the script is awful and full of one dimensional characters. this is the worst role i have ever seen chazz palminteri play and i am surprised he would do something this ridiculous. however and under appreciated yet talented actors must earn their money. palminteri plays a one dimensional police detective who comes off about as dumb as a c movie mob henchman. him and along with the lead detective (the poorly directed nolte) and the great but simple michael madsen and and the late chris penn (whose role along with madsen was completely thrown away) make up an elite squad of la detectives tasked to rid the city of mobsters sometime in the late 30s or 40s. the movie introduces this squad as cops who will break every law to make sure those who think theyre above the law do not operate in their city. at the beginning of the film the cops rough up a local restaurant and grab an alleged mobster (william peterson) and take him to a place they call the mulholland falls. they toss him off one of the cliffs on mullholland drive and this is supposed to demonstrate how serious these guys are about ridding the city of crime. whatever. this was nothing more than a cheap excuse to use a crappy title that designed to make you think of la and its famous sites. somewhere later on they find the dead body of jennifer connelly and the plot begins. on to the direction which was nothing short of amateur and weak. aside from the fact that the characters were b movie quality and the overacting by those such as treat williams and the guy who plays the chief of police and and the awful daniel baldwin are just a few highlights that made this movie seem like it was lee tamhori first film. there not one good performance in the movie aside from maybe melanie griffith and who some might argue was the worst in the movie (she won a razzie for this film). in the end and it was her character that was not that great and she really do not have much to work with. as with any bad movie and it all begins with the writing and and this script was no gem. plot is formulated simply on the basis of setting up the next scene and never takes into consideration characters motivations. the way the characters behaved was unbelievable. cops taking the law into their own hands is believable within the right circumstances (see la confidential) but in this case it looked like these guys could get away with anything and including murder and and never bat an eye about cleaning anything up. i guess we as an audience are just supposed to assume that no one saw anything and that people would not ask questions. everything about the story is predictable and is spoon fed so well that we understand everything that going to happen a good while before the characters do. however and it doesn not make us feel smart and but rather makes us angry at how stupid the hero is and despite the fact that there aren not any heroes in this movie. in the end and the best component of the movie was the great score by david grusin. from the beginning and it invoked a since of chinatown and which quickly faded when i realized how unbelievable just about everything in the film was. it do not surprise me to learn that it made a whopping eleven million in the box office. what i will say is that this film is worth watching for a few laughs. nick nolte acting is like an unsuccessfully domesticated junkyard dog and i laughed every time he tried to be serious. i also nearly fell on the floor at each of the slow motion shots used in the film (i think there are three with one during a key fight scene). when you have to use slow motion in the heat of a dramatic moment and you clearly have some problems. so and even with my negative criticism and i will recommend this movie solely for the purpose of enticing laughter and that is and if you appreciate the good movies like la confidential. 
i saw this movie on the shelf at blockbuster and thought it looked cool. the dvd case touted so many great actors and i wondered to myself and why have i never heard of this movie. then i turned over the case and saw the director and lee tamahori and and thus the answer began to explain itself. first of all i want to defeat the idea that a great cast equals a great movie and but more importantly and i think i should explain why this movie is so terrible. okay and the script is awful and full of one dimensional characters. this is the worst role i have ever seen chazz palminteri play and i am surprised he would do something this ridiculous. however and under appreciated yet talented actors must earn their money. palminteri plays a one dimensional police detective who comes off about as dumb as a c movie mob henchman. him and along with the lead detective (the poorly directed nolte) and the great but simple michael madsen and and the late chris penn (whose role along with madsen was completely thrown away) make up an elite squad of la detectives tasked to rid the city of mobsters sometime in the late 30s or 40s. the movie introduces this squad as cops who will break every law to make sure those who think theyre above the law do not operate in their city. at the beginning of the film the cops rough up a local restaurant and grab an alleged mobster (william peterson) and take him to a place they call the mulholland falls. they toss him off one of the cliffs on mullholland drive and this is supposed to demonstrate how serious these guys are about ridding the city of crime. whatever. this was nothing more than a cheap excuse to use a crappy title that designed to make you think of la and its famous sites. somewhere later on they find the dead body of jennifer connelly and the plot begins. on to the direction which was nothing short of amateur and weak. aside from the fact that the characters were b movie quality and the overacting by those such as treat williams and the guy who plays the chief of police and and the awful daniel baldwin are just a few highlights that made this movie seem like it was lee tamhori first film. there not one good performance in the movie aside from maybe melanie griffith and who some might argue was the worst in the movie (she won a razzie for this film). in the end and it was her character that was not that great and she really do not have much to work with. as with any bad movie and it all begins with the writing and and this script was no gem. plot is formulated simply on the basis of setting up the next scene and never takes into consideration characters motivations. the way the characters behaved was unbelievable. cops taking the law into their own hands is believable within the right circumstances (see la confidential) but in this case it looked like these guys could get away with anything and including murder and and never bat an eye about cleaning anything up. i guess we as an audience are just supposed to assume that no one saw anything and that people would not ask questions. everything about the story is predictable and is spoon fed so well that we understand everything that going to happen a good while before the characters do. however and it doesn not make us feel smart and but rather makes us angry at how stupid the hero is and despite the fact that there aren not any heroes in this movie. in the end and the best component of the movie was the great score by david grusin. from the beginning and it invoked a since of chinatown and which quickly faded when i realized how unbelievable just about everything in the film was. it do not surprise me to learn that it made a whopping eleven million in the box office. what i will say is that this film is worth watching for a few laughs. nick nolte acting is like an unsuccessfully domesticated junkyard dog and i laughed every time he tried to be serious. i also nearly fell on the floor at each of the slow motion shots used in the film (i think there are three with one during a key fight scene). when you have to use slow motion in the heat of a dramatic moment and you clearly have some problems. so and even with my negative criticism and i will recommend this movie solely for the purpose of enticing laughter and that is and if you appreciate the good movies like la confidential. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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