Mad City (1997)

Rating: 51

This review was published elsewhere by me on February 08, 2005.

This film is a loose remake of Ace in the Hole, and in fact the main character is named after one of that film's screenwriters. While Mad City does not achieve the heights that its predecessor did, it certainly has some valid points to make about the power of the media and how this power may become harmful to the common good, like we see here. Its director is usually associated with films of politically liberal content.