When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."
Robert De Niro
as Eddie Flemming
Edward Burns
as Jordy Warsaw
Kelsey Grammer
as Robert Hawkins
Avery Brooks
as Leon Jackson
Melina Kanakaredes
as Nicolette Karas
Karel Roden
as Emil Slovak
Oleg Taktarov
as Oleg Razgul
Vera Farmiga
as Daphne Handlova
John DiResta
as Bobby Korfin
James Handy
as Captain Duffy
Darius McCrary
as Tommy Cullen
Bruce Cutler
as Bruce Cutler
