Under Suspicion

There was absolutely no doubt that a movie with Gene and Morgan cant get bad. What suprised me was the clever way of thinking you know everything when it turns out it could have gone either way at the same time.Dont... Full review

first of all, for those who complain about such a disappointing ending, you think that all movies have to have a flow and stick with it throughout. well... not all stories have single plot. this movie is not complicated at all.... Full review

That's what you get when the witness, then suspect, keeps on changing his stories, then alibi. Gene Hackman performance is at its zenith. He successfully convinces me, first as a smug successful lawyer who will not tolerate a slight brush of... Full review

Both Freeman and Hackman are in this well deserved acting achievement ideas are here. This is a great role for Hackman, a man who is accused fior a crime either he did or didnt do. A great movie to watch. I... Full review

Freeman and Hackman are two heavyweights at their best do not pass this one up. Story line has twists and turns as Hackman's character brilliantly goes to pieces as he falls under suspicion.... Full review

Under Suspicion is about the police grilling a rich tax attorny over the rape and murder of two young girls. One would suspect from the cast that the acting is top-notch, however it is not. Monica Belluci continues to impress me.... Full review

Hackman and Freeman, a great duo, in a pretty good film. It's a little slow at times, and good use some work, but the movie does play. Rent it, while it's in my video collection, there are plenty of films I... Full review

What an insipid movie. Dull and unsatisfying with the surprise unexplainable ending. The screen writer and director should be ashamed of themselves for wasting the viewers and actors time. Let me be emphatic, the ending was the biggest letdown I have... Full review

Very steady (no action, or excitement)movie. This movie quickly draws you into it. The flashbacks in this movie were awesome. I've never seen it aproached like this. Very artful and creative. Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman get Kudo's for a great... Full review

I thought this film is the single most important look at how an interrogation can ruin a suspects life and the interrogation can provide the suspect with the information that "proves his guilt." The rules of interrogation need to be changed... Full review

Freeman's problems are nothing compared to Hackman who starts the film with the worst toupee you've ever seen. As discrepancies in his testimony arise and details of his troubled marriage to Chantal (Monica Bellucci) are uncovered, the interrogator and the accused engage in a cat and mouse game of truth and deception. ... Full Review

But this is Hackman's show, and his creation of a psychologically real character who's suffering huge inner complications is 10 times as good as anything Under Suspicion deserves. He pulls audience sympathy this way and that, making his character paranoid about his wealth and status, and bitter about the gulf in age between him and his wife. ... Full Review

Made with more solidity than inspiration, "Under Suspicion" is nevertheless worthwhile and thought-provoking.      "Under Suspicion," the latest in a long line of cat-and-mouse police interrogation movies, pits Morgan Freeman 's veteran cop against Gene Hackman 's rich tax attorney and affords its stars terrific roles. ... Full Review

Made with more solidity than inspiration, "Under Suspicion" is nevertheless worthwhile and thought-provoking. Friday September 22, 2000 "Under Suspicion," the latest in a long line of cat-and-mouse police interrogation movies, pits Morgan Freeman's veteran cop against Gene Hackman's rich tax attorney and affords its stars terrific roles. ... Full Review

They've laid down some of the best character performances in modern film. Yes, there's a surprise ending, but it's the result of fraud and misrepresentation. ... Full Review

Mörderisches Spiel hat er nicht nur einen solchen Dialogfilm gedreht, sondern auch noch Kaliber wie Gene Hackman und Morgan Freeman als Unterstützung angeheuert.Das alleine sollte schon für einen guten Film reichen. ... Full Article

Adapted from Claude Millers little-seen 1981 French film Garde a vue (itself taken from a British source novel), this American remake, co-produced by both Hackman and Freeman, transposes the action to San Juan, Puerto Rico, although the reasons for doing... ... Full Article

Can a single great acting performance rescue the cack-handed efforts of a duff director?Or will that director end up destroying the sterling work of a talented actor? ... Full Article

As a mystery-cum-police procedural set during a long night's interrogation of a murder suspect, "Under Suspicion" just about scrapes through on the star power of Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman. ... Full Article

Two young girls have been found strangled within a matter of days in the sweltering city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Henry Hearst (Gene Hackman: Enemy of the State ), "a pillar of the legal community," found one of... ... Full Article

This is one of those claustrophobic interrogation dramas they do better on NYPD Blue - probably because they have less screen time to fill. In Puerto Rico at carnival time, cops Morgan Freeman and Thomas Jane give wealthy tax lawyer... ... Full Article