Review of Reasonable Doubt (2014) by Mick G — 20 Apr 2014

I really like a good thriller. I mean, whether they are a police procedural (Seven), courtroom drama (Lincoln Lawyer or Fracture) or law-breaking mystery (The Usual Suspects), I like to take pleasure in the tense manipulation of the audience by a well a crafted crime plot.

Reasonable Doubt sadly is not one of those. For every classic I've enjoyed above, the majority of this genre often hit TV-levels of production and without an inventive director they can be a bland Alex Cross-style misfire.

In this movie, on the rise DA Dominic Cooper tries in vain to cover up a hit-and-run accident but this gets complicated when a criminal he acquits for the crime (Samuel L. Jackson) may not be all he seems.

Only good acting from the two leads saves this from being terrible but even that cannot elevate this above a run-of-the-mill potboiler. Tedious direction and a lacklustre support cast means this can be added to the pile of movies labelled "direct to DVD".

There's no doubt this is reasonably humdrum. 4.5/10 Mike.