When you pound this beat it pounds you back. Alex Kearney (Anthony Edwards) is an honest hard-working cop patrolling the subdued suburbs of Philadelphia who polices by the book. When he naively gives a powerful local businessman a speeding ticket he gets unfairly relocated to a very different side of Philadelphia - downtown! He's assigned a new partner in the form of Dennis (Forest Whitaker) a grizzled veteran who survives by following his instincts rather than the rules. Ne
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. A young white cop finds himself assigned to a tough downtown Philadelphia precinct and a new partner. The two are as different as night and day. But the murder of the reassigned cop's former partner unites the pair to a degree they never thought possible.
Melodrama, action and comedy meet in this tale about a white Philadelphia cop who finds himself transferred to a rundown neighbourhood, and is partnered with a solitary and sullen black officer. Alex Kearney (Anthony Edwards) does things strictly by the book, but when his best friend is murdered he will stop at nothing to bring the criminal to justice, calling on the help of his new streetwise partner Dennis Curren (Forest Whitaker) to bring the murderer down.
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