Fuqua, Antoine  
  
  
    Jake Hoyt
 a fresh-faced rookie in the Los Angeles Police Department
 gets a chance to join the elite narcotics squad headed up by 13-year veteran Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris. Jake is to prove himself during a one-day ride-along. As the day wears on
 it becomes increasingly clear that Detective Harris has blurred the line between right and wrong to an alarming degree
 enforcing his own code of ethics and street justice. Eventually
 Hoyt begins to suspect that he is
 rather than having the opportunity to join the squad
 being set up to take the fall.