Edison

Edison (also known as Edison Force in the United States) is a 2005 American thriller film written and directed by David J. Burke, and starring Morgan Freeman, LL Cool J, Justin Timberlake in his feature film debut, and Kevin Spacey. Synopsis In the town of Edison, a police pursuit by tactical unit F.R.A.T. (First Response Assault and Tactical) ends with a shootout, in which veteran detective Francis Lazerov (McDermott) kills a perp by shooting him through the sleeve of a hostage. Later, Lazerov and his partner, rookie Raphael "Rafe" Deed (Cool J), break into a house and steal money and cocaine from two dealers, telling them "we didn't see you and you didn't see us." After Lazerov hears one of the dealers say he's going to rat them out, Lazerov tells Deed to shoot them, but Deed cannot and so Lazerov kills the dealer. He tells the other, Isaiah Charles, to say that his partner came at him with a knife so he had to shoot him, covering up the cops' actions and sparing Charles' life. At the trial, Deed testifies about the incident to match the story Lazerov made up. Reporter Joshua Pollack (Timberlake) overhears Charles thanking the cops and tries to question them about it with no success. He tries to write a story about it, but his editor Moses Ashford (Freeman) tells him to just write the verdict since he doesn't have facts to back up his theory about the cops being corrupt. Ashford fires Pollack after Pollack calls him a fraud. Pollack shows his girlfriend Willow (Perabo) his article and she agrees with Ashford. Meanwhile, Deed is troubled by the shootout and subsequent raid while with his girlfriend Maria (Sanchez). He goes out for his "inspection," a private club where cops from the F.R.A.T. unit drink and play with strippers. F.R.A.T. captain Brian Tilman (Heard) is also there. Pollack arrives at Ashford's house and tells him he's right about the story and asks for help in finding out more; Ashford gives him some tips and tells him to "do the work." Pollack goes to interview Charles, who promises him he'll help if Pollack can give a message to his sick mother.