Just Cause | | Cast : | Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne | | Director : | Arne Glimcher | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby | | Released Date : | February 17, 1995 | | DVD Released Date : | February 08, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 31, 2005 | | Summary | One of Connery's best movies.. | Content
 | Hi..
I don't get why so many people didn't like this movie, and why is there all those negative reviews about the film ?
This film is just great, it has an interesting plot, great acting by all the stars and a good ending.
So don't you guys pay any attention to those negative reviews, this movie has it all.
I guess most of those dissapointed viewers disliked the ending and claimed that there is racism in the movie !
Well, let me say this, The hero of a movie shouldn't always be right, and in this case connery's character was wrong in judging the suspect and assuming his innocense, and these things happen in real life, nothing is always hunkie dorry !
The message of this movie is that law has to be applied strictly without mercy to those who commit terrible crimes, An eye for an eye and Death for Death !
I personally think that this is one of connery's best movies with an amazing performance by all especially connery !
And the scene where connery's character interviews Harris's character is one of my favourite scenes, quit memorable and thrilling ! |
| Rating | | | Date | March 21, 2005 | | Summary | JUST BECAUSE... | Content
| Initially intrigued by this movie's numerous plot twists, it's only in retrospect that I now see the movie's numerous flaws that prevent it from being a top notch movie. Sean Connery does well in his role as a Harvard law professor asked to prove a death row inmate's innocence. Seems his confession came about as a result of a violent coercion from the town's two law officers. Throw in a subplot involving Connery's lawyer wife, a demented Hannibal Lechter-like serial killer, and lots of confusion about the innocence or guilt of both the accused and/or the law officer. The movie gives itself away with the quick vindication of the accused; you know something is going on, or the movie would have been over. The main problem in the end, is that we never really understand exactly why the killer chose to kill this little girl, and just how far someone would go to exact revenge. You can't really fault the cast, though: Kate Capshaw as the wife does well with what little she is given to do; Laurence Fishburne is appropriately smarmy and unlikeable; Ed Harris has a field day as the demented serial killer; and we even get glorious "cameos" from future Oscar hopeful Scarlett Johanson; George Plimpton, Chris Sarandon, Daniel J. Travanti, Hope Lange, Ned Beatty and Kevin McCarthy. It's the movie's own self righteousness and improbability that ultimately brings it down to something you may enjoy while watching, but it leaves a bitter aftertaste. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 28, 2005 | | Summary | Booby-trapped | Content
| This movie is what I call "booby-trapped." With good actors and some literate dialogue, it starts out as a film that might go somewhere. And it does, for about half an hour. Then, quite suddenly, it turns into a story that grows more and more contrived. These later plot developments are NOT original, as some viewers have suggested; they are improbable and exaggerated. In some cases, they are downright absurd, if the viewer stops and thinks about them for ten seconds. A man kidnaps a child outside her school in broad daylight in his home town while her teacher is standing in the yard waving at her? Give me a break. Several other developments in the story are of a similar level of believability. The characters are stereotypes. The foreshadowing is about as subtle as a baseball bat on the head. (How many times do we have to see the alligator before we figure out he's going to eat the villain at the end?)
But the very worst thing about this film is its insidious racism and its equally insidious indifference to the most vicious, racially based police brutality. By implication, this film suggests that it doesn't matter what they did to the accused, or why they did it; he was guilty in the end anyway; and moreover, the do-gooder lawyer who wanted to help him almost lost his family for his trouble. So much for caring about injustice.
If I could give this zero stars, it would be too many. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 07, 2003 | | Summary | Do not rent this movie | Content
| One of the worst movies(with a budget)which I've ever seen. The movie is all over the place for fear of offending any segment of the viewing audience. It's supposedly anti-death penalty and police brutality, and yet Sean Connery's character, a crusading Harvard Law School professor and death penalty opponent, winds up siding with a policeman who sticks a .38 in a murder suspect's mouth and plays Russian roulette with it. The death row inmate, played by L.A. Law's Blair Underwood, is freed, only to be eaten by an alligator. The plot is based on a coincidence stemming from Connery's character's marriage to Kate Capshaw's character which is wildly improbable. The best thing about "Just Cause" is Ed Harris' portrayal of a psychotic death row inmate, although even that is a bit over-the-top. |
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