Edison (also known as Edison Force in some markets) 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.
The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival on September 17, 2005 and was released on July 18, 2006.
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Plot
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 kills a criminal by shooting him through the sleeve of a hostage. Later, Lazerov and his partner, rookie Raphael "Rafe" Deed, break into a house and steal money and cocaine from two dealers. 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 surviving dealer, Isaiah Charles, to say that his partner attacked 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 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 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 his article and she agrees with Ashford.
