!!!!! SLIGHT SPOILERS !!!!!
This started off with a deeply controversial columnist called Jack Casey having a newspaper slammed in his face with the words " You b@stard . How can you say these things about me " shouted at him . This is a scenario I can relate to at a future point with a film maker cornering me in a Hollywood bar wanting to know why I`ve been writing bad things about his film . My defence would be " If people decided to make films I`d like I`d stop making cruel comments at the IMDB " I digress
So anyway Caey has to pysically defend himself and is found guilty of murder. If the TVM had stopped at this point it might of hit the rates of mediocre but shot itself in the foot by deciding to continue for another 80 minutes , the more it goes on the more unlikely it gets with Casey commiting another murder . The two things I hated were firstly the mythical nonsense that lawyers are are motivated by justice . No they`re not - They`re motivated by money , though to be fair this is something that happens in all court room dramas where the defence attorney is shown to be a crusader in the name of justice so perhaps I shouldn`t be too harsh . I`m going to be harsh about the dialogue though where MJ Preston tells the inmate of a maximum security prison to " Sit down and listen to the facts of life " Think about that for a moment MJ tells a prisoner in an American maximum security prison to " Sit down and listen to the facts of life " Hasn`t she seen an episode of OZ ?
Some other things I found about the USA after watching this...
1 ) Guards in prisons think all black men look the same
2 ) Illegal immigrants always do the right thing and invite lawyers to dinner
3 )People who say " Motherf***er " and F*** you " also use the words " Goddamit " and " Scumbag " a lot
4 ) It`s okay to kill cops
5 ) You have no chance of becoming a female lawyer if you`re pretty
This started off with a deeply controversial columnist called Jack Casey having a newspaper slammed in his face with the words " You b@stard . How can you say these things about me " shouted at him . This is a scenario I can relate to at a future point with a film maker cornering me in a Hollywood bar wanting to know why I`ve been writing bad things about his film . My defence would be " If people decided to make films I`d like I`d stop making cruel comments at the IMDB " I digress
So anyway Caey has to pysically defend himself and is found guilty of murder. If the TVM had stopped at this point it might of hit the rates of mediocre but shot itself in the foot by deciding to continue for another 80 minutes , the more it goes on the more unlikely it gets with Casey commiting another murder . The two things I hated were firstly the mythical nonsense that lawyers are are motivated by justice . No they`re not - They`re motivated by money , though to be fair this is something that happens in all court room dramas where the defence attorney is shown to be a crusader in the name of justice so perhaps I shouldn`t be too harsh . I`m going to be harsh about the dialogue though where MJ Preston tells the inmate of a maximum security prison to " Sit down and listen to the facts of life " Think about that for a moment MJ tells a prisoner in an American maximum security prison to " Sit down and listen to the facts of life " Hasn`t she seen an episode of OZ ?
Some other things I found about the USA after watching this...
1 ) Guards in prisons think all black men look the same
2 ) Illegal immigrants always do the right thing and invite lawyers to dinner
3 )People who say " Motherf***er " and F*** you " also use the words " Goddamit " and " Scumbag " a lot
4 ) It`s okay to kill cops
5 ) You have no chance of becoming a female lawyer if you`re pretty