Jake soon finds himself at the wheel of the case of a lifetime. There s no doubt that Carl is guilty of pulling the trigger. Jake takes his case. The Client , doesn t waste many frames on the issue of vigilante justice. You see what I mean about these movies.
Reality is a whole other thing.
But give him great actors to point a camera at, and he can coast. Jackson paints a detailed portrait of a man torn by rage. Kevin Spacey, as the smug DA, manages to be perversely likable even when he s trashing Jake s witnesses. She s pretty much wasted. A Time to Kill is solid.