I'm a big fan of Robert Duvall, and this is another one of his great movies. He's dynamic, as usual. I started liking Sean Penn after seeing this charismatic performance and researched/ordered more of his movies. This is an intense look at policemen's daily lives battling drugs and thugs in a big city. After you view the movie, I hope you'll realize that our policemen are way underpaid for what they do and the danger they face trying to keep our cities clean and the citizens safe.