A lawsuit brought against a major car manufacturer pitches father and daughter lawyers into a head-to-head battle in the courtroom over ethics versus profit. Legal drama, starring Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Colin Friels and Joanna Merlin.

A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.