Arne Glimcher directs Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne and Blair Underwood in this thriller where a Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death.

Hat Sweat Cinema. Lurid, pleasingly bonkers. I guessed the twist way too early. But it is a lark seeing the original action hero Connery get violently put down by a bunch of modern “serious” actors. Everyone is up at 11. Ed Harris is batshit as a hillbilly Hannibal Lecter in a camp extended cameo. Larry Fishburne probably does the best job as the living embodiment of ACAB. This was a throwaway filler release back in the day. Now it sits a whole lot better. On location, proper A-Listers, nasty shocks. Ends on a superfluous car chase and a heated stand-off. Where are these movies now?

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Perfect Double Bill: Primal Fear (1996)

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