David Paymer is a small-time hood with the wrong friends in the police department. Maria Bello of ER plays Porter's friend and confidant. Ericson Core's camera-work keeps the colors muted, mostly in blues and grays. This has much of the emotional impact of black and white photography, without actually using black and white. We have seen before the story of the good-guy crook who plays hardball with anyone who gets in his way.
Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.