Ridiculous plot, but I did finish watching....

Rating: 3/10 (11 July 2010)

The plot is absurd. First,there is no chance that a deal would have been made with the character that actually killed Bulter's wife and child as opposed to the guy that gets executed. One would assume that when he lawyer told him he was going to fry if he didn't agree to testify against the killer he would have cut a deal to save his own butt. Without an explanation for why that didn't happen the plot has no credibility. Further, Foxx's explanation why he can't prove the case is silly. Second, Butler would have been held in a county jail not a prison. Third, the likelihood that a person could leave and return from any correctional facility on a regular basis without being detected is zero. Fourth, how stupid is Foxx's character that is doesn't figure out that what is going to happen at 6:00 is actually going to happen after 6:00? I could go on forever.
Movies like this anger me. As a person who has worked in the criminal justice system as an attorney for 20 years on both sides, the ridiculous set up for the plot misleads the public and makes it more difficult for an already burdened system to function.
Despite these problems the movie kept me watching and had a couple of good scares and some laughs. However the overwhelming unbelievability of the plot ruins the movie.