A Missed Opportunity

Rating: 3/10 (16 August 2010)

This is one of those movies that starts so well and promises so much, but ultimately disappoints.
It is relatively well made and has an intelligent message but it just stretches believability that little bit too far, before descending into a telescoped and plain wrong ending that just doesn't fit with the dualling pair who have had you vacillating between hatred and sympathy as they reveal their backgrounds and personalities.
What a shame such a serious message about the US justice system descends into a simple, moralistic good guy/bad guy farce (and may well, depending on your opinion, choose the wrong "good guy").
Enjoy it for the hokum it is - despair that all involved missed a golden opportunity to make a movie that could have swept the board at the Oscars.