Kevin Bacon is a Corrupt FBI Agent in the Trailer for the 1992 Boston-Set Crime Drama CITY ON A HILL
Showtime has released a trailer for their great-looking new crime drama called City on a Hill. The story is set in Boston in 1992, and Kevin Bacon plays a corrupt FBI agent who teams up with an assistant district attorney (Aldis Hodge) to undermine the power and authority of the criminal justice system.
The series comes from Tom Fantana (Homicide: Life on the Streets) who serves as showrunner on the series, and since the series is set in Boston, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are serving as executive producers. Here’s the synopsis:
The series is set in early 1990s Boston, rife with violent criminals emboldened by local law enforcement agencies in which corruption and racism was the norm. In this fictional account, driving change is assistant district attorney Decourcy Ward (Hodge), who comes from Brooklyn and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran, Jackie Rohr (Bacon). Together, they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to involve, and ultimately subvert, the entire criminal justice system of Boston.
I enjoy a good crime series and even though they are a dime a dozen, this one looks like a quality show with great characters that I think I’d enjoy watching. Why wouldn’t I?! It stars Kevin Bacon!
In addition to Bacon and Hodge, City on a Hill stars Jonathan Tucker, Lauren E. Banks, Mark O’Brien, Amanda Clayton, Jere Shea, Kevin Chapman, and Jill Hennessey.
City on a Hill will premiere on Showtime June 16th. Watch the trailer and let us know if you’ll be checking this show out.