Review of Find Me Guilty (2006) by Seán G — 07 Oct 2012
Sometimes it takes a master director to grab a good performance out of an actor who normally stars in lunkheaded action vehicles.
The case here is action beefcake Vin Diesel and the director is the late great Sidney Lumet who returns to old stomping grounds here and comes up trumps again .
Diesel plays reall life mobster Jackie Di Norscio who rather than have a lawyer defend him on RICO charges decides to represent himself.
What follows is sometimes funny ,sometimes moving account of the trial using actual testimony from the real life trial.
Lumet is careful to build the drama amongst the funny parts of the film and he also casts well around Diesel with Ron Silver as the Judge and Peter Dinklage as a defence lawyer turning in good performances.
But the real star of the show is Vin Diesel ,which poses the question why doesnt he do more films like this?
Even though he is playing an older man his acting ensures that it never feels phoned in or fake in any shape or form.
Its such a shame that this film isnt better known as I feel it shows how good an actor Vin Diesel really really is,and its another Lumet masterclass.
This review of Find Me Guilty (2006) was written by Seán G on 07 Oct 2012.
Find Me Guilty has generally received positive reviews.
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