Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Release Date: 07/01/2003
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 107 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Sidney Lumet directed this
Larry Cohen-scripted courtroom procedural that owes more than it should to
Jagged Edge. Jennifer Haines (
Rebecca De Mornay), one of the top female lawyers in the country and flush from the success of defending a gangster, has a new client to defend. A suave ladies man in an Armani suit, David Greenhill (
Don Johnson) has come to solicit Jennifer's services. It seems that his rich socialite wife has been pushed to her death through an open window, and David stands to inherit a very large fortune. Needless to say, David is a prime suspect in his wife's murder. David admits to Jennifer the he is a womanizer and an oily manipulator, but nevertheless Jennifer decides to take his case as a challenge -- as she puts it: "People who are guilty are rarely this blunt." The result is an intricate chess game between Jennifer and David as they manipulate events, other people, and each other in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the playboy widower.
~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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A Mind-Bending Courtroom Drama.
Sidney Lumet, who directed such classic films including 12 Angry Men, Long Day's Journey into Night, Fail Safe, Murder on the Orient Express, Network, The Verdict, and The Morning After now directs a spine-tingling seductive sexy thriller. Rebecca De Mornay stars as a beautiful defense attorney assigned to defend a suave playboy (Don Johnson), who is standing trial for the murder of his wife, but she will soon find herself caught in a web of deceit from which there is no legal escape. Also starring Jack Warden, Stephen Lang, Ron White, Dana Ivey, Luis Guzman, Christina Baren, Robert Kennedy, Norma Dell'Agnese, Simon Sinn, Tom Butler, and Brigit Wilson.
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