Review of Presumed Innocent (1990) by Bradley C — 23 Aug 2013

A very very solid courtroom thriller. I have a soft spot for courtroom drama stuff, and I love seeing lawyers do that magic they do. This one is about one that ends up on trail when the case he is looking into suddenly turns on him being the lead suspect.

I never once felt Ford was the killer, and they did set up a few good red herrings, but the clear killer seemed kind of obvious after awhile.

If anything, AFTER the trail is over the film loses whatever it had going for it. The final ten minutes or so just doesn't match the great pacing and tension that came before it.

The cast is solid. Ford is always great, but John Spencer, Paul Winfield and Raul Julia are all very good and it just reminds us they were all taken from us far too soon.

This may be the only other non Die Hard film I have ever seen Bedelia in and she is pretty good, but Scacchi is the real deal here. So gorgeous and her sex scene is pretty hot I must say! A few great early appearances from some known actors as the kid actors in this film too!!

Glad I finally saw this one.