Two things suckered me into watching this movie: the promise of courtroom drama, and an R rating. The courtroom drama is absolutely minimal (although very entertaining when it does come around) and the R rating is beyond me. What about this film could possibly get an R rating? It would be a PG-13 today I'm certain of it.
It's just a really bland film. There is nothing interesting about the story. Nothing where we need to know what will happen next. It just trots along with mundane scene after mundane scene.
Two things save this from being a complete disaster however. The first one is the acting of Gene Hackman Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, who really do give their all to some very mediocre dialogue. The second one is the courtroom scenes at the finale of the movie which were very well done. If the film had put more of an emphasis into that side of things it could have been a lot better.
Sadly though I still can't recommend this one. It was about as forgettable as films come. 5/10.
It's just a really bland film. There is nothing interesting about the story. Nothing where we need to know what will happen next. It just trots along with mundane scene after mundane scene.
Two things save this from being a complete disaster however. The first one is the acting of Gene Hackman Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, who really do give their all to some very mediocre dialogue. The second one is the courtroom scenes at the finale of the movie which were very well done. If the film had put more of an emphasis into that side of things it could have been a lot better.
Sadly though I still can't recommend this one. It was about as forgettable as films come. 5/10.