The squad actually existed, which is not to say that this story ever happened. They wore high-fashion suits, carried blackjacks instead of guns, which would have ruined the lines of the clothing, and generally behaved in just as thuggish a manner as the criminals they were to keep out of town. The lovely lady murdered is Jennifer Connelly , last seen in The Rocketeer . Continuing to do her best Betty Page, she has been unknowingly filmed having sex with, well, whoever. One of her ex-lovers is Max.
Someone knows about the film.
As for the members of the squad, the only one we get any insight into is played by Chazz Palminteri. There's a running gag about his psychiatrist, and his desire to drive the Buick Roadmaster that the squad rumbles around in. But you don't really give a darn about the rest of the squad, and there isn't much else to make you care about. The audience sits there and tries to figure it out while the cops do. Problem is, that doesn't happen here.