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Criminal Law (1989)

R 04/28/1989 (US) Drama, Thriller, Romance 1h 54m

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Ben Chase is an on-the-rise Boston attorney currently defending a wealthy client in a high-profile murder case. Martin Thiel is the wealthy young man on trial for a particularly brutal murder. The verdict sets Thiel free. Within 24 hours another grizzly and all-too-familiar murder has taken place with striking similarities to the first crime. Chase inexplicably agrees to act as his defense attorney; but this time it will be to gather evidence that will put away his client for good.

Martin Campbell

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Mark Kasdan

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Gary Oldman

Ben Chase
Kevin Bacon

Martin Thiel
Tess Harper

Detective Stillwell
Karen Young

Ellen Faulkner
Joe Don Baker

Detective Mesel
Sean McCann

Jacob Fischer
Ron Lea

Gary Hull
Michael Sinelnikoff

Professor Clemens
Karen Woolridge

Claudia Curwen
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on November 12, 2017

Boston based neo-noir fails to ignite.

Criminal Law is directed by Martin Campbell and written by Mark Kasdan. It stars Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young and Joe Don Baker. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Philip Meheux.

Boston attorney Ben Chase (Oldman) successfully defends Martin Thiel (Bacon) who is on trial for a sexually aggravated murder. But not long after Chase comes to realise Thiel's guilt and sets about correcting the wrong he helped orchestrate.

If you have never seen a legal thriller before, or a serial killer based neo-noir for that matt... read the rest.

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