Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers and Morgan Freeman star in this intriguing (Boxoffice), OscarÂ(r)-nominated* thriller that's 'smart, cunning, deft, revealing andyesstreet smart (LA Weekly)! Freelance journalist Jonathan Fisher (Reeve) becomes the toast ofthe town when he breaks a story about the dirty deeds of a ruthless New York pimp. There's only oneproblem: Jonathan, under a deadline, fabricated the entire thing. Suddenly he's in demand not only by other reporters and the D.A., but also by Fast Black (Freeman), a real-life pimp everyone believes to be the subject of Jonathan's article! *1987: Supporting Actor (Freeman)

Stuck for a story idea that will excite his dismissive editor, New York magazine reporter Christopher Reeve hits on a winner: the life of a Manhattan pimp. The editor eats it up, but there's just one problem: Reeve made the whole thing up and now the editor wants more. What's worse, a scarily charismatic pimp (Morgan Freeman) and his top prostitute come looking for the reporter, believing that he was, in fact, writing about them. As they seduce him with access to their world, he becomes more and more trapped by his lies, particularly when a crusading D.A. also takes an interest in just what he knows. Reeve is the bland nougat center in what is otherwise a very tasty little film, given added crunch by the superlatively seductive Freeman and the equally intriguing Baker. --Marshall Fine