"The Runaway Jury"

Justina 2022-03-23 09:01:58

I can't remember the first time I've watched a legal film adapted from Grisham's novel. Except for "The Rainmaker", all the others have good story premise settings, but they gradually become commercial gimmicks. Mediocre film.

If there is any bright spot in "Runaway Jury", there is no doubt that it is the older Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman's tricks and the hidden John Cusack. In this story that is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, several leading actors have their own representative acting skills to interpret the characters and once gave the audience a chance to think through the film. It is a pity that with the deepening of the plot, there is a lack of sufficient improvement and refinement of the jury's point of view and the legal issues reflected in the case. I feel that Grisham's novel has been photographed to the extreme, and there is no way to improve it. Although it is still an improvement than "Killing Hour", it is still a taller than a dwarf.

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Runaway Jury quotes

  • Nicholas Easter: Goodbye, Fitch.

    Rankin Fitch: Well, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... How did you swing 'em, huh? How did you swing 'em your way? I hear you got ten votes. How'd you do that?

    Nicholas Easter: [shrugs] I didn't swing anything. I just stopped you from stealing the thing. We let 'em vote their hearts. That means you lose. Enjoy your drink.

  • Wendell Rohr: Is that why you're doing this? To protect the constitution, is that it?

    Rankin Fitch: Of course not. I'm in it to win.

    Wendell Rohr: Oh.

    Rankin Fitch: Just like you are.

    Wendell Rohr: Yeah.

    Rankin Fitch: Because that's what I was hired to do.

    Wendell Rohr: Uh huh.

    Rankin Fitch: Everything else is colored bubbles.

    Wendell Rohr: Colored bubbles! Colored bubbles? A system that calls for twelve people to sit and listen to testimony of witnesses, fella, and that includes my witness, who you've disappeared!

    Rankin Fitch: If you're relying on testimony to win this case, you've already lost it.

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