Review of Guilty As Charged (1991) by Lee M — 30 Aug 2016

Tries very hard to satirize moral corruption and succeeds only in being a numbingly eccentric melodrama about lawlessness and disorder.

This review of Guilty As Charged (1991) was written by Lee M on 30 Aug 2016.

Guilty As Charged has generally received mixed reviews.

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