A time to kill
Based on the novel by John Grisham
Starring...
Matthew McConaughey(!) as Defense Attorney Jake Tyler Brigance =]
Sandra Bullock(!) as Ellen Roark, his 'assistant'
Samuel L. Jackson(!) as Carl Lee Hailey, Defendant
Kiefer Sutherland as Freddie Lee Cobb, the main bad guy
Kevin Spacey as Prosecuting D.A., Rufus Buckley
Released in 1996
Directed By: Joel Schumacher
I don't want to get into the plot details, but here are the basics: Two white guys rape and beat a little black girl, and when her dad finds out, he decides to kill them. On their way to trial he shows up and shoots them dead, injuring a cop in the process. He asks Jake to be his attorney, and he agrees for reasons later to be discovered. The brother of the boys killed joins up with the KKK to get his revenge, and see to it that Carl Lee goes to the gas chamber. Roark practically begs Jake to allow her to help him, free of charge, and when he gives in, together they have to convince a racist unwilling jurry to believe that Carl Lee was legally insane at the time of the murder, all the while avoiding death or serious injury that would be inflicted upon them by the Ku Klux Klan. The story is filled with drama and excitement, and I'd say it manages to hold your attention. It's not like the writing is spectacular, it gets pretty awkward at times, but the actors are people i like. I got a little worried there in the middle part, that they would have Jake do something absolutely ridiculous, but thankfully he did not. All in all, it was a pretty good movie, in my opinion.
Based on the novel by John Grisham
Starring...
Matthew McConaughey(!) as Defense Attorney Jake Tyler Brigance =]
Sandra Bullock(!) as Ellen Roark, his 'assistant'
Samuel L. Jackson(!) as Carl Lee Hailey, Defendant
Kiefer Sutherland as Freddie Lee Cobb, the main bad guy
Kevin Spacey as Prosecuting D.A., Rufus Buckley
Released in 1996
Directed By: Joel Schumacher
I don't want to get into the plot details, but here are the basics: Two white guys rape and beat a little black girl, and when her dad finds out, he decides to kill them. On their way to trial he shows up and shoots them dead, injuring a cop in the process. He asks Jake to be his attorney, and he agrees for reasons later to be discovered. The brother of the boys killed joins up with the KKK to get his revenge, and see to it that Carl Lee goes to the gas chamber. Roark practically begs Jake to allow her to help him, free of charge, and when he gives in, together they have to convince a racist unwilling jurry to believe that Carl Lee was legally insane at the time of the murder, all the while avoiding death or serious injury that would be inflicted upon them by the Ku Klux Klan. The story is filled with drama and excitement, and I'd say it manages to hold your attention. It's not like the writing is spectacular, it gets pretty awkward at times, but the actors are people i like. I got a little worried there in the middle part, that they would have Jake do something absolutely ridiculous, but thankfully he did not. All in all, it was a pretty good movie, in my opinion.
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