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My guys (my BF and his closest friend) “make” me watch this kind of movies, so, few weeks ago it was the time to see Beyond a Reasonable Doubt too.

C.J. Nicholas (Jesse Metcalfe) is a reporter who’s always looking for the next amazing story. For some months he’d been observing the district attorney, Mark Hunter (Michael Douglas), who seems to win too many lawsuits based on DNA evidence. C.J. is almost convinced Hunter is tampering with the evidence, but cannot prove this to anyone.

So, in order to secure a very successful story, and also get the proof about Hunter’s misdeeds, he’s setting himself as a suspect in a crime.

The plan goes from simple to complicated when Mark Hunter “smells” something is wrong and kills C.J.’s partner and friend, leaving the “suspect” with no proof of his innocence.

It’s the moment Ella Crystal, his lover and also Hunter’s employee, has to put her trust in C.J. and try help him get off the death row.

Let’s say the movie is filled with plot “holes”, the entire screenplay lacks logic in many aspects. We’ve been going “come, on” for many times, when the story seemed too far fetched for us. The entire story is not new, the movie is a remake of the 1956 film noir film “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt“, and it’s far from being perfect.

Still, what makes me recommend it, it’s the ending. Even if we were able to predict most of the ‘moves’ in this film, the end really awed us. A not so bright movie, saved by its final 5 minutes.

January 30th, 2010 | Thriller | No Comments »