City Hall (1996)

Written by GenerationofSwine on January 13, 2023

There is a historical accuracy in how the film is presented. A small thing, the murder of a boy, builds and builds, and unravels all the layers of the onions until the ripples can be felt at the highest and most powerful levels.

That is, essentially what happened with Watergate where a simple B&E brought down Nixon. It's also what happened, almost 2,000 years earlier with the Conspiracy of Cantoline.

If you are tuned to it, like The Paper, it's not just about corruption, but about ripple effects and that is pretty cool.

And, it's really well acted, well enough to make you lament that Cusack and Pacino aren't paired more often.