NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN Arrow Blu-Ray Review
Heralded as one of the greatest directors of our time, the late Sidney Lumet takes center stage as Arrow Video primes its May 7 release of the 1996 courtroom crime drama, Night Falls On Manhattan. The film stands out as one of several milestone features in Lumet’s celebreted resumé, aimed at spotlighting injustice and police corruption, earning its leading man, Andy García, an ALMA Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film at the time. Robert Daley’s 1993 novel, “Tainted Evidence,” serves as the basis for Lumet’s screenplay. It centers on Sean Casey (Garcia), thrust into daily rigmarole as a recently-appointed ADA, whose career gets an unexpected uptick. The city’s most notorious criminal, Jordan Washington (Shiek Mahmud-Bey), is on the loose after shooting his way out of a bust, killing two cops and wounding one during his violent escape from a surrounded apartment building. Among his victims is Sean’s father, […]