Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

robert-temple-1 This film, also released as SHATTERED PROMISES, is a gripping TV movie about the corrupt police force of South Chicago. Brian Dennehy plays the honest cop, and what a struggle he has! Everyone, from the police chief to the judges, is being bribed by a mobster named Scalesi, whose right hand man is slickster lawyer Alan Masters, played with sinister undertones by Treat Williams. Masters is married to a beautiful woman named Dianne, played by Embeth Davidtz. Davidtz was in the first eight episodes of MAD MEN and was brilliant in JUNEBUG (2005, see my review). She is a very underrated actress, perhaps because her name is rather difficult to spell. Masters murders his wife because she discovers that he is corrupt as well as being a psycho. This film is said to be based on a true story, and that is not at all hard to believe, as Chicago has been notorious for a century or more as the most corrupt city in America. Isn't it interesting that Barack Obama is a product of the Chicago political machine? No one ever satisfactorily explained how he afforded that huge house in Chicago when he wasn't earning very much. But maybe Brian Dennehy can tell us.

Greg Bulmash Alan Masters was a good man, victimized by a corrupt police force and corrupt judicial system that framed him for a crime he didn't commit.They didn't even get him on murder. He went to jail on wire fraud charges... and he spent the rest of his life there.You can buy Hollywood's biased account if you want, but this is a TV movie of the week with Treat Williams for cryin out loud. Who were they going to get to play him if Treat wasn't available, Eric Roberts? Don't buy into this shameful smear campaign. Alan Masters was a good man who was betrayed by people close to him. Don't buy into this melodramatic hatchet job!

MEEdmo42 I enjoyed this one very much. It was the beginning, and I especially enjoyed the interaction between Reed and his wife. It was such a great contrast to the other men with their mistresses and dishonesty. The fact that Reed had had a long-past love made the character more interesting and the problem his wife had with that was understandable. Treat Williams did an excellent job as by the end of the movie, you literally hated the man and his angry outbursts. Made you wonder if he would stay alive in prison, with his cocky attitude and hair-trigger temper. In enjoying this one, it just made each following one better and I have enjoyed watching this one and all those that followed. A strong, big, but sensitive cop is my ideal of the best and Brian does a great job with it. He did a splendid job all round.

Marc Femenella I caught this movie/mini-series on Lifetime and I was hooked. While nothing too original plot-wise, Dennehy does such a good job portraying Sgt. John Reed that it is worth watching it just for his performance.What ruined it all for me was the subplot involving his wife and family towards the end. His wife (played by Susan Ruttan) is just annoying and she basically says the same recycled lines over and over. Take out the family stuff and this would be a nice TV movie.