‘City on a Hill’: No Rest for the Wicked in Boston Crime Drama
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Jan 18, 2021
Photo: ‘City on a Hill’/Showtime
Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Jonathan Tucker star in Showtime’s gritty crime drama ‘City on a Hill’. Set in Boston in 1992, the city’s crime and corruption have reached a boiling point. Even among the cops and robbers, it’s difficult to tell who are the real “bad guys.”