In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.

• DirectorRobert Towne
• Release2 December 1988
• Genre
  Thriller / Crime
• Duration1h 55m
• Budget$23,000,000
• Revenue$105,900,000
• Rate
  

  6.1
  525 reviews
• Productions

  Cinema City Films, The Mount Company, Warner Bros. Pictures