Take a walk on the seamy side of town, where you can’t tell the difference between the bad cops and the crooks. Bob Holt, a corrupt detective knee-deep in kickbacks, has an uneasy partnership with a drug-addicted cop and an even shakier alliance with a notorious mob syndicate. When Holt pours the youngest mob brother into a cement freeway structure, it sets in motion a twisted tale of revenge.
Acting
Jeffrey Wright's jittery, heartbreaking turn as the doomed Ninny.
Direction
Pasdar's debut: tight, sweaty, knows exactly how ugly it wants to be.
Director
Adrian Pasdar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adrian Pasdar (yes, that Adrian Pasdar from Heroes) directed this after acting for 15 years—his only feature to date.
The film's title refers to both the literal cement and the 'cement' of fraternal bonds—Irish mob code and police brotherhood equally suffocating.
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