Presumed Innocent

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Average Rating: (See all reviews) Format: DVD (M) Ships within 6-11 days Presumed Innocent is a suspenseful whodunit, a sexy thriller, a powerful courtroom drama and a dazzling vehicle for Harrison Ford. He plays a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker (Greta Scacchi) who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions. Brian Dennehy, Bonnie Bedelia, Raul Julia and Paul Winfield co-star under the cracking direction of Alan J. Pakula (The Pelican Brief, The Devil's Own). Suspense master Pakula uses Scott Turow's bestseller to examine the American legal system - discovering the sword of justice is double-edged. Run Time: 122 minutes Studio: Warner Bros FullScreen: None Widescreen: Yes Format: PAL Aspect: 1.78:1 Director: Alan J. Pakula Cast: Paul Winfield, Harrison Ford, Raul Julia, Bonnie Bedelia, Brian Dennehy, Greta Scacchi Writer: Frank Pierson, Alan J. Pakula Producer: Sydney Pollack, Mark Rosenberg Composer: John Williams Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German, English for the Hearing Impaired Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0, French Dolby Digital 2.0, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Extended: Interactive Menus, Scene Access Publisher: Warner Bros. UPC: 9325336002049

"Presumed Innocent" is a so-so courtroom drama, weighed down by a too-slow first act, and a cast that seems almost as if it is sleepwalking through the movie. Ford, Dennehy, and Bedelia seem particuarly listless. Out of the entire cast, only Spencer, Julia, and Winfield seem to display any energy at all--with the latter two being particularly fun in their roles once the movie shifts into the courtroom.

On the upside, "Presumed Innocent" plays fair with the audience as far as the "whodunnit" aspect of the film goes, and I always appreciate a film that's confident enough in its story to do that. The film gives the audience so many clues and hints that I guessed the identity of the murderer and why and how well before the movie gave us the "big revelation"... but that was actually okay, because it does a good job of giving enough alternate suspects that I doubted my conclusion. The ending also played so well that I minded solving the mystery at the beginning of the second act even less.

Somewhat overwrought but quite enjoyable legal thriller about an honest DA who finds himself in an uncomfortable position when the colleague he was having an affair with is brutally murdered and he finds himself in the frame. Visually the movie is very drab and the story does border on the soapy but its not bad.