merklekranz Review of Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990 TV Movie)

Roy Scheider execution photographer .......

[6/10 · 23 August 2019]

When a death row inmate requests his execution be photographed, Roy Scheider as the chosen photo journalist uncovers incriminating photographs from the trial, that may prove the convicted man's innocence. The story line is somewhat confusing. This is probably due to the fact that most of the participants in the original crime are dead or missing. Thus a lot of the movie consists of speculation talking about characters that have zero development. There is also a totally unnecessary romance between Schneider and Bonnie Bedelia that slows things to a crawl on several occasions. As usual Schneider is very good, but the story lacks impact because of all the second hand talk regarding a seven years ago event. - MERK