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6.6/10   75 votes
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Writers (WGA):
Reginald Rose (television series Defenders)
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Release Date:
25 October 1998 (USA) more
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John Walker is white supremacist. Now after hearing his speech, four boys go out and kill a young Hispanic... more | add synopsis
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Yet another great movie in the series! more (4 total)

Cast

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Beau Bridges ... Don Preston

Martha Plimpton ... Mary Jane 'M.J.' Preston

Jeremy London ... Wyman James

Jordan Bridges

Clifton Collins Jr. ... Nelson Rodriguez (as Clifton González González)
Chris Wiggins
Philip Casnoff ... John Walker

Mimi Kuzyk ... Camille Preston
Camilla Scott ... Liz Carter
Irene Lopez Kuchilani ... Mrs. Rodriguez
Diego Fuentes ... Bayo Rodriguez
Marilo Nunez ... Rosalie Rodriguez
Nancy Palk ... Judge Lacey
Lili Francks ... Alice Rawls
Jeff Topping ... Rossi
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Rated R for some language and a scene of violence.
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96 min
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Follows The Defenders: Payback (1997) (TV) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Yet another great movie in the series!, 25 April 2000
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Author: JBoze313 from Evansville, Indiana

Like the other Defenders movies from Showtime, this one was just brilliant in it's script and story. You think the entire movie will revolve around the first trial, but then it becomes an intricate working of yet another related trial. It's kind of hard to comment on the movie without giving anything away, and by giving away the plot, it totally ruins the movie, so I won't do that. All I will say is that this movie is genius. Just like the other Defenders films, it's a nonstop puzzle that these brilliant lawyers are putting together, and you can never guess what will ultimately happen in the end. The actors are terrific and the storyline is intriguing, it doesn't get any better than this when it comes to legal dramas.

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