With it's impressive ensemble cast and hard-boiled Hollywoodland noir story you suspect Fleischer was attempting to replicate the success of L.A. Confidential but somehow misses the mark. The characters are atrociously underdeveloped, the editing is terrible, the dialogue it both boring & forced and you'll predict the entire film only 5 minutes in. As cliched as this uneven mess of a laughable film is, I can't really deny that it was entertaining as feck. Check your brain at the door and you might find some light entertainment in it.
2½ toasty elevator rides down out of 5
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