A solid premise eventually evaporates into a story that can be muddled at times.
It's hard to fathom that 2 lawyers would be accepted for jury duty on the same case. Jessica Capshaw is one of them. She looks just like mom Kate and she convinces enough jurors to vote innocent so that a hung jury is declared. Anyway, Capshaw, who portrays a corporate attorney, eventually takes over the case and that's when the movie starts to fall apart.
We've got our drug dealers and murders resulting as well. There is some fine acting by the young lady who plays the murdered victim's sister. She acts in that defiant tone that we see certain school districts.
The film becomes cliché with police corruption and is Perry Mason like until we know who the real killer is. The hard part is trying to prove it and we know what happens to the culprit.
The ending is no surprise. We know where are corporate lawyer is going. What's wrong with our penal system?
It's hard to fathom that 2 lawyers would be accepted for jury duty on the same case. Jessica Capshaw is one of them. She looks just like mom Kate and she convinces enough jurors to vote innocent so that a hung jury is declared. Anyway, Capshaw, who portrays a corporate attorney, eventually takes over the case and that's when the movie starts to fall apart.
We've got our drug dealers and murders resulting as well. There is some fine acting by the young lady who plays the murdered victim's sister. She acts in that defiant tone that we see certain school districts.
The film becomes cliché with police corruption and is Perry Mason like until we know who the real killer is. The hard part is trying to prove it and we know what happens to the culprit.
The ending is no surprise. We know where are corporate lawyer is going. What's wrong with our penal system?