Bad City

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Bad City ★★ Dirty Work 2006 (R)

Yes, gnomish Pendleton is playing a depraved Chicago crime lord named Julian Healy and he's scarily effective. Derek Manning (Reddick) is a tough detective with a gambling problem who is in debt to Healy, which makes investigating the murder of hooker Bridgette (McDonough) difficult. Then there's too-slick politico Frank Sullivan (McGlone) whose troublesome wife (Anglin) is also killed. 97m/C DVD . Lance Reddick, Mike McGlone, Austin Pendleton, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Tim Decker, Meghan Maureen McDonough, Karin Anglin; D: Bruce Terris; W: Bruce Terris, Rick Rose; C: David Blood; M: Mark Messing.

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