sign, a man finds extortionist Jake Farley lying under the bridge.

His blood is discovered on the murder weapon planted at the apartment and he is arrested by detectives.

They attempt to give chase, but a near head-on collision forces them to abandon their tail.

Norton confesses to arranging Farley's murder and pinning it on Joe, believing he could fulfill two vendettas at once.

The film was originally conceived as a sequel to Jagged Edge and was meant to have Glenn Close and Robert Loggia reprise their roles.

The story was about a private investigator framed for murder and the female lawyer who defends him.

The project was developed at Columbia Pictures but then head of production Guy McElwaine was replaced by David Puttnam, who, according to producer Martin Ransohoff, said that he did not want to make sequels (Puttnam denied this, saying his problem was the script "wasn't good and for no other reason... when there's a terrific script for Jagged Edge II Columbia will be anxious to make it".).

Because there wasn't an agreement with Loggia and Close, we had always designed the project to go either as a sequel or on its own terms.

"[3] It was filmed in Boston, Massachusetts, and around Canada between Toronto and Montreal, and began production in September 1987.

"[4] The film was described by the Chicago Tribune as a "feeble thriller... the worst case of filmmaking-by-numbers, reflecting not an ounce of commitment or conviction".

[5] The Los Angeles Times called it "flat and remote... a thriller that doesn't thrill.