In certain types of businesses, the only way to survive is to understand the rules and play by them, and hope nobody ever tells you out loud what the money is really for, because then you'd be guilty of something criminal. This movie is about these types of moral and legal ambiguities. Marky Mark is just out of prison, and he goes to work for Uncle Frank's company that bids on government contracts to provide services, repairs, and parts for the city transportation system. Such a company must search for the edge on its competitors. The owner of the business must work the angles, or he wouldn't be in the business, because he knows his competitors are working the angles.
Phoenix is seen naked from behind, through a rear view mirror.
I was also on the other side. When I was in charge of one type of supplier contracts for a major US company, every supplier wanted to talk to me over dinner. Some suppliers only wanted to pitch their deals in completely legit ways, waiting for me to speak. Other suppliers simply asked what it would take to get the contracts, leaving it open for me to decide whether to talk about stuff my company would want or stuff I would want. I managed to keep as clean as one can be in an unclean world, but various conversations led me to understand that my predecessors had not.