Being a huge fan of court room dramas, a fairly big one of Raul Julia, and a faithful supporter of Brian Dennehy and Harrison Ford, I decided to watch this film, as it came on TV. I had just seen an exceptional episode of "JAG", so I was very much in the mood for more court room drama. This film quite definitely delivers. Whoever cast Raul as an attorney knows his stuff. It's a quite unusual role for him, but he pulls it off perfectly. Dennehy is solid as always, and Ford is quite good as well. The plot is pretty good, interesting, and with some nice twists(though the last one is a tad hard to swallow). The pacing is good, you're rarely bored watching this film. The dialog and back-and-forth arguing in court wasn't as good as it could have been(the episode of "JAG" was better in that area, definitely), but it was still pretty good. I haven't read the original novel by Scott Turow, but from what I understand, this is a fairly satisfying adaptation. The story is quite interesting, and there are a fair bit of red herrings, but the final explanation seems implausible. Not the best court drama, but a pretty good one. I recommend this to fans of the actors and of court room dramas. 7/10
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