Under Suspicion

(2000)

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Under Suspicion
25frames.org2001-04-16
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

Clocking in at less than 90 minutes, Miller's 1982 original was a tightly directed chamber movie set almost entirely in a police station during one long New Year's Eve night. ... Full Article