The cops working in New York City don't want their families growing up there so they move them across the George Washington Bridge into the small town of Garrison, New Jersey. The local sheriff, "Freddy Heflin" (Sylvester Stallone) goes about his business totally unaware that bad cops, led by "Ray Donlan" (Harvey Keitel), have sold out to the mob and look the other way while certain crimes are being committed in New York. Unfortunately, some of the problems associated with these corrupt cops begins to take root in Garrison as well. Most notably, a cop named "Murray Babitch" (Michael Rapaport) who accidentally kills two young black men and has faked his suicide but is being hidden in Garrison by Ray Donlan. However, when the investigation begins to interfere with Ray Donlan's operation the decision is made to have Murray killed. When Sheriff Heflin becomes aware of this he has to take matters into his own hands and that means crossing Ray Donlan and the rest of the crooked cops living in his town. There are several subplots involved but rather than get into all of them I'll just say that this is an enjoyable film that captures both the local town setting and the big metropolis right across the Hudson River. Sylvester Stallone does an excellent job as the honest but slow-witted sheriff. I also liked the performance of Robert De Niro as the Internal Affairs officer, "Moe Tilden" and Ray Liotta as one of the crooked cops named "Gary Figgis" who just wants out. In short, if a person is looking for a pretty good crime-drama film, then this should definitely be considered.
