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18 January 1998 (USA)
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Series of new films on Showtime based on the old tv series finds the lawyers having to defend a journalist charged in a wrongful death...
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Wonderful possibilities, strong cast, disappointing failure.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Beau Bridges | ... | Don Preston |
 | E.G. Marshall | ... | Lawrence Preston |
 | Martha Plimpton | ... | Mary Jane Preston |
 | Jon Polito | ... | D.A. Al Orsini |
 | Lisa Gay Hamilton | ... | Jeanne Baptiste |
 | David Hemblen | ||
 | Melanie Nicholls-King | ... | Sarah Casey |
| James McDaniel | ... | Jack Casey |
 | Mimi Kuzyk | ... | Camille Preston |
 | Christopher Redman | ||
| Christopher Redmond | ... | Steven Preston |
| Chloe Brown | ... | Kelly Preston |
| Oliver Becker | ... | Brian Clarke |
| Robert Thomas | ... | William McAstin |
 | Marium Carvell | ... | Sally McAstin |
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The Defenders
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Rated R for language.
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95 min
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E.G. Marshall's final filmed acting project.
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Follows The Defenders: Payback (1997) (TV)
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Great cast, including E.G. Marshall in a reprise of his role in the 60's TV series, John Laroquette, Beau Bridges, Mark Blum, good premise, familiar territory--more than enough for a good-ole courtroom whodunit.
But this presentation begins to unnerve almost immediately. Martha Plimpton's upstart young attorney is so annoying, it throws the whole meter of the drama off the rails, time after time.
Her dialogue is so trite, so predictable, that it gives the viewer absolutely no room to let her character provide the conflict that's necessary to give the story some depth. Her delivery is so harsh you almost reach for the volume-down button every time she speaks.
Lack of subtlety, in the story, and the dialogue are really the major culprits, Even the scenes without Plimpton are cliché, and heavy-handed. Plimpton's performance is merely the cherry on top.
It's a real shame.