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Release Date:
10 July 2009 (Spain)
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Tagline:
Why would a man frame himself... for murder?
Plot:
Remake of the 1956 film noir film "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" in which a writer's plan to expose a corrupt district attorney takes an unexpected turn. full summary | full synopsis
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Comes to DVD and Blu-ray on December 22nd
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Subpar thriller that looks straight out of the 80s...
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Michael Douglas | ... | Mark Hunter | |
| Jesse Metcalfe | ... | C.J. Nicholas | |
| Amber Tamblyn | ... | Ella Crystal | |
| Orlando Jones | ... | Ben Nickerson | |
| Joel Moore | ... | Corey Finley | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Michael C. 'Mike' Allen | ... | Couple W / Dog - Animal Shelter Scene | |
| Tony Bentley | ... | Roger Milner | |
| Lawrence P. Beron | ... | Det. Anthony Merchant | |
| David Born | ... | Property Sergeant | |
| Edrick Browne | ... | Manager | |
| Megan Brown | ... | Roberta | |
| Stephanie D. Brown | ... | Clerk to the Judge | |
| Crystal Brown-Tatum | ... | Newsroom Reporter | |
| Michael Byrnes | ... | Cop | |
| Kole Caston | ... | Finley's Cameraman | |
| Andrei Constantinescu | ... | Bruce Stern | |
| Kip Cummings | ... | Reporter | |
| John F. Daniel | ... | Animal Shelter Attendant | |
| Sigal Diamant | ... | Maralyn | |
| Brad Dison | ... | Sound Man | |
| Gary D. Earl | ... | Bass Pro Shop Patron | |
| Fred Ellis | ... | Forensic expert (as Fred E. Ellis) | |
| Juli Erickson | ... | Madalyn Urlanger | |
| Eric Gipson | ... | Allen | |
| Ryan Glorioso | ... | Animal Control Attendant | |
| Dan Harville | ... | Deputy Sheriff O'Neil | |
| Christopher M. Holland | ... | Audience member at Dog Show | |
| Grant James | ... | Dr. Aaron Wakefield | |
| David Jensen | ... | Gary Spota | |
| Derek Wayne Johnson | ... | Reporter #4 | |
| Kaylon Johnson | ... | Videographer | |
| Deborah R. Jones | ... | Resturant Patron | |
| Sarah Kearney | ... | Anchorwoman | |
| Lori Knighton | ... | Newsroom / cousilman | |
| Robert Larriviere | ... | Kevin Tarlow | |
| Sharon London | ... | Judge Sheppard | |
| Sharon K. London | ... | Judge | |
| Mike Martindale | ... | Juror | |
| Krystal Mayo | ... | Newsroom reporter | |
| Jon Mccarthy | ... | Detective Rawley | |
| Lee Ann McDade | ... | Audience Member at Dog Show | |
| James B. McDaniel | ... | Juror #1 | |
| Robin McGee | ... | Soundman | |
| Darcel White Moreno | ... | New reporter 3 | |
| Dennis W. Murphy | ... | Newsroom Reporter / Restaurant Patron | |
| Mysti Nash | ... | Court Goer | |
| Ashley-Anne Parker | ... | Court Goer | |
| Meade Patton | ... | Det. Riddick | |
| Kelvin Payton | ... | Cameraman | |
| Erika Perez | ... | Juror | |
| Jeannie Perrin | ... | Federal Employee | |
| Randal Reeder | ... | Survival Man | |
| Carl Savering | ... | Bailiff | |
| Arlando Smith | ... | Dell | |
| Bill Stinchcomb | ... | Defense Attorney | |
| Chuck Vail | ... | Juror #6 | |
| Lawrence Varnado | ... | Detective Hollis | |
| Amanda Weisner | ... | Spota's Assistant | |
| Brent Weisner | ... | Asst. District Attorney | |
| Steven Whiteman | ... | Mall shopper / steven | |
| Sewell Whitney | ... | Weldon | |
| Michele Williams | ... | Danielle | |
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Rated PG-13 for a sex scene, violence and brief strong language.
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106 min
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Director Trademark: [Peter Hyams] [character]One of the characters is called Spota.
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Continuity: When Mark Hunter (Michael Douglas) goes to the prison to tell C. J. Nicholas (Jesse Metcalfe) that the phones in the prison can be spied, he leaves and surpasses a corner. Then, the camera changes to Nicholas, who insults Hunter. When the camera returns to Hunter, he is slightly before the corner again.
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References "Jeopardy!" (1984)
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This movie is a remake but will be judged on its own merit, especially since I did not see the original.
On paper, things look good. You've got the seed of a promising story featuring several characters who could have been interesting, some courtroom drama which could have been intense, some plot twists which could have been shocking and a star lead actor in Michael Douglas who could have sold you this movie with his charisma.
But none of it ever happens. And much of the fault lies with Hyams' terribly outdated direction. While he used to direct somewhat interesting films several decades ago, Hyams has long since lost any edge he might have had and every weakness in his style which we readily forgave back in the 80s are now terribly grating when seen in a 2009 movie. The photography is downright boring, the music is cheesy, pacing and editing awful. Everything seems to come out of a made-for-TV or direct-to-video movie featuring Cheryl Ladd or some other has been.
Michael Douglas only has a few scenes and gives by far the best performance but that's not saying much in this present case, because everybody else is just terrible. Really awful. On top of that, several lines in the script are embarrassing, which makes the actors' job harder. Jesse Metcalfe and Amber Tamblyn are both the real co-leads of this flick and do absolutely nothing with their screen time. Orlando Jones is terribly miscast.
While the premise and basic sketch of the whole plot could have been interesting, neither the writers or the director made it believable. The twists along the way of the story might have been surprising for an average moviegoer in 1984. A quarter of a century later, even a lobotomized hamster will see it from a mile (provided you don't fall asleep before that).
There are so many negatives to this movie that usually it would be worth a 1. But I am raising it by one point for Michael Douglas giving a decent performance and by another point for the interesting seed of a story.
3/10 for the last movie by director Hyams I will ever watch