This was a movie I had high expectations for. It was a late-night movie, and I had just watched this last night, and I was given the information that they would "face-off in the courtroom", yet I saw nothing about a courtroom. I'm thinking of going to Law school in the future, and I was greatly disappointed by the movie's plot, for it was a misleading description and used methods of trickery to make me watch this. To the people who would consider watching this, AVOID.
The movie has two characters (mainly), who happen to be husband-and-wife attorneys. They have a child named Sarah, who plays almost no role in this movie, which is surprising because they didn't have to include her at all. The police detective, who don't seem a tiny bit intelligent while investigating the crimes. He doesn't ever seem to use his brain to find people, instead he points fingers at people based on very little evidence. This detective is not only terrible as a character, but terrible as a detective on all levels. Normal police detectives would go through evidence gathered from crime scenes (at least 3 people died in this movie), however the detective(s) from the movie FAIL to show that he/they are doing ANY work. (It really seems like this detective never does his homework).
Joel, the tallest and the oldest, of the young boys, is charged with the crime of killing a girl named Mary Wells, and sure enough, the police get a prosecutor (Carter) to argue that they were criminally responsible. Carter's wife, who is the other attorney, conflicts with him for the first 30 minutes of the movie, then she changes sides (she ultimately cost him his job because of some "evidence" she found and felt guilty throughout the movie). Later, she begins to doubt the innocence of Joel and the young boys, and maybe perhaps foul play was involved. (What kind of lawyer is this? She's hired as a defense attorney and then she doubts their innocence? What is she getting paid for then?) The husband got over his job predicament, and later he gets his job back. By the time, the movie was almost over, and later more people die, and the two lawyers (not the detective) are near the crime scene because they wanted to "talk" to Joel. Sure enough, they find the body of Joel, and if I'm not mistaken, the wife even touches Joel.
Overall, this movie had NOTHING to do with the courtroom. These attorneys didn't actually seem like attorneys because it does not correctly simulate what their job is really like. Who in the right mind would have husband and wife NOT in the same firm? The boss in the movie says of Carter's wife "You're a damn fine lawyer" (or something to that effect), yet we see no evidence of this. The acting was OK i guess, but the movie script and the plot is DEFINITELY lacking with information. The lawyers do nothing in court, which raises the question why they are placed in this movie in the first place. They play almost no role in determining crimes, that's for the police to deal with and they go to court about it, where the lawyers would investigate holes during the investigation. The opposing lawyers would then build up a case for their appropriate clients and go to court to battle it out. This movie contained nothing about it.
Avoid at all costs.
The movie has two characters (mainly), who happen to be husband-and-wife attorneys. They have a child named Sarah, who plays almost no role in this movie, which is surprising because they didn't have to include her at all. The police detective, who don't seem a tiny bit intelligent while investigating the crimes. He doesn't ever seem to use his brain to find people, instead he points fingers at people based on very little evidence. This detective is not only terrible as a character, but terrible as a detective on all levels. Normal police detectives would go through evidence gathered from crime scenes (at least 3 people died in this movie), however the detective(s) from the movie FAIL to show that he/they are doing ANY work. (It really seems like this detective never does his homework).
Joel, the tallest and the oldest, of the young boys, is charged with the crime of killing a girl named Mary Wells, and sure enough, the police get a prosecutor (Carter) to argue that they were criminally responsible. Carter's wife, who is the other attorney, conflicts with him for the first 30 minutes of the movie, then she changes sides (she ultimately cost him his job because of some "evidence" she found and felt guilty throughout the movie). Later, she begins to doubt the innocence of Joel and the young boys, and maybe perhaps foul play was involved. (What kind of lawyer is this? She's hired as a defense attorney and then she doubts their innocence? What is she getting paid for then?) The husband got over his job predicament, and later he gets his job back. By the time, the movie was almost over, and later more people die, and the two lawyers (not the detective) are near the crime scene because they wanted to "talk" to Joel. Sure enough, they find the body of Joel, and if I'm not mistaken, the wife even touches Joel.
Overall, this movie had NOTHING to do with the courtroom. These attorneys didn't actually seem like attorneys because it does not correctly simulate what their job is really like. Who in the right mind would have husband and wife NOT in the same firm? The boss in the movie says of Carter's wife "You're a damn fine lawyer" (or something to that effect), yet we see no evidence of this. The acting was OK i guess, but the movie script and the plot is DEFINITELY lacking with information. The lawyers do nothing in court, which raises the question why they are placed in this movie in the first place. They play almost no role in determining crimes, that's for the police to deal with and they go to court about it, where the lawyers would investigate holes during the investigation. The opposing lawyers would then build up a case for their appropriate clients and go to court to battle it out. This movie contained nothing about it.
Avoid at all costs.