sparktom
I'll give a "last letter" here ... "D-," a grade that misses "F" only because I HAVE seen worse. Rarely.Bad script, bad acting, bad everything. "Twelve Angry Men," this is not. Yet, the writer/director somehow thought he'd weave a tale that takes place around a juror's table and VO sepia flashbacks involving the case. Not a respected device for exposition, and this film illustrates why. Not only do twists seem like cheats (i.e. the audience had no shot of discovering it,) but they're just unbelievable to start with.Stiff, wooden lines do nothing to further the careers of unknowns and past-prime actors here. The ending, unsatisfying and vapid, shows the writer's belief that we'll buy into anything.
brockhull1976
I saw this movie last night and i am still amazed by it just wonderful. The story the actors all in my book is about the best you can get. I would recommend this movie to everyone who likes murder drama and court proceeding. Once again one of the best movies i have seen in a LONG TIME. The previous post I don't know what they watched but it sure was not this movie.I give it a 10 EXCELLENT.The way William Forseyt portrays his role is just amazing. Its as if he has played that certain role all of his life. I read other reviews say that it reminded them of 12 angery men. I found that in some ways yes and in a lot of ways not. For one 12 angery men does not have the surprise ending like this movie. Like I say worth renting and watching. After I write this i plan on watching it with my wife again. AMAZING MOVIE. I would also like too see a part two.
molly-crowther
This is a terrible, terrible movie. I like bad movies, but I couldn't even sit through this piece of trash. All of the actors (or should I say 'over-actors'?) were terrible caricatures of characters in Twelve Angry Men, the plot is trite (they probably stole a good part of it from CSI or something), and the flashbacks of the murders are terribly shot and filtered with something yellow so they are also physically hard to watch. Unless you have watched every other movie ever made, for Pete's sake don't get this one. If you're looking for jury drama, go with the original version of Twelve Angry Men instead. And if you're looking for an actual psychological thriller, there are hundreds better than this one.
BigD-4
Just saw a pre-release screening of the film, and it's really good. You can tell they didn't have a lot of money to make it, but it's very well acted and the story rocks! It starts out a little slow, but it's worth the wait to see all the cool twists at the end. Yancy Butler delivers in this thing, and William Forsythe is his usual sinister self. But even the smaller roles are well done. Looks like the writer/director Russell Gannon is staying busy. Definitely want to check out the other movies he's got in post-production. The blog says this film is coming out on DVD in late-June. I wish they would post some pictures from the set. Especially of Yancy Butler?
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