Phoenix Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Cannon
Genres: Thriller
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This noir crime drama set in Arizona and updated for post-modern sensibilities is similar in tone to other hip B-movie homages such as Bad_Lieutenant (1992), Pulp_Fiction (1994) and the previous year's award winning L.A. Confidential (1997). Ray_Liotta stars as Phoenix police detective Harry Collins, a good-hearted cop with an understanding bartender (Anjelica_Huston) and a gambling problem that's gotten him 32,000 in debt to a bookie, Chicago (Tom_Noonan). Although Chicago offers to forgive Harry's debt in exchange for a murder, and Harry's crooked partner Mike (Anthony LaPaglia) offers to kill Chicago, Harry refuses their generosity, insisting that he will never welsh on a bet or betray a friend. Instead, Harry devises a plan to rip off a sleazy loan shark and strip club owner, Louie (Giancarlo_Esposito) with the help of Mike and two fellow corrupt cops, James (Daniel_Baldwin) and Fred (Jeremy_Piven). Karl Williams, Rovi
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