纽约市市长约翰（阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰）为人成熟老练，处事圆滑，是政坛当中的一把好手。副市长凯文（约翰·库萨克 John Cusack 饰）尽管资历尚欠，但凭借着一腔热血和年轻气盛，亦将自己的事业经营得风生水起，在这一老一少两人的完美配合之下，纽约这座繁华的城市每日都显得如此生机勃勃。
某日，发生了一起意外事件。在警方和毒贩的交火中，一名无辜的黑人男孩不幸中弹丧生。这起敏感的事件在城市里掀起了轩然大波，各路媒体争相报道，支持和反对的声音层出不穷，各占风头。凯文决心调查这起事故的真相，却发现其中的种种黑幕和约翰有着千丝万缕的关联。</p>...
Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land is owned by Julie Ann Warren and has already been optioned by her unscrupulous, draft dodging husband, Henry. Now the combine must also obtain two smaller plots - one owned by Henry's cousin Rad McDowell, a comba......
