True Crime

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Theodore W Feb 13, 2019 An overlooked legal thriller in my eyes. While it may be paced too slowly for some I enjoy True Crime for tackling hard issues such as the flaws in our justice system. See more

Poe R Jan 22, 2019 While not for everyone, True Crime has an engaging narrative about our flawed justice system, great acting, and a touching yet tragic conclusion. See more

Rey W Aug 9, 2017 SuspenseFULL to The End. Woods is a special treat in this.

Finn P Mar 28, 2017 Definitely not one of Clint Eastwood's best directorial efforts. The story itself makes very little sense. The movie asks us to believe that a reporter, assigned the story the day of an execution, in a case no one had substantial doubts about, can come in and save an innocent man. I suppose stranger things have happened in real life, but this story just isn't credible. Perhaps realizing this, there is a scene where Steve Everett (Eastwood) argues with his editor (James Woods) dismissing the judicial processes that lead to the conviction and death sentence Frank Beachum (Isaiah Washington). And that's where the argument ends. How do we know Beachum had a third-rate lawyer or that the appeals courts had nothing to work with? We don't. The only lawyer we see on Beachum's case seems reasonably adequate and diligent. We don't know whether the defense was told about the third person, which point to some incompetence on the defense attorney's part. But what about the press itself? In cases like this, you would have Beachum's defenders in the press arguing his innocence, already pointing out the witness who "saw" Beachum with a gun could not possibly have seen what he said he saw--using crime scene photos to back them up. In other words, this would be a case where Beachum's innocence should have been a topic for debate all along. Instead, it's Everett's nose for a story that's supposed to make us believe in Beachum's innocence. The story would have been more credible if Beachum's case was being so debated and all Everett did was find the real killer. But that would change the story entirely, and this was supposed to be a suspense thriller. See more

Theodore W Jul 11, 2011 Enjoyable easy to understand film like films used to be.

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