This is not the first of Hollywood's agenda driven movies that begins decently and descends into a childish, Progressive agenda. They assemble a good cast and attempt to draw you in with what appears to be a good plot. But just when you are prepared to settle in to watching a decent movie, they deliver a final third act culmination that only the simple minded or hopelessly indoctrinated could accept.
This movie sets up the possibility of rigging a jury in a civil suit with some fairly interesting twists. At first, it seems as if using firearms manufacturers as the foil is incidental and secondary. But in Hollywood's quest to keep firearms from the hands of "the little people" and limit firearms to their personal bodyguards and government bureaucrats, they insult the rest of us by concluding that all other firearms owners are criminals or maniacs.
In their final pathetic attempt at securing justice through the plots growing implausibility, they culminate everything with a poorly played out ripoff of the excellent, "12 Angry Men." Runaway Jury leaves you feeling as if you have been played for a fool. That this can be considered intelligent entertainment is an insult to the viewer. At best, it is a plot that might be written by some immature High School students living on Manhattan's left wing Upper West Side or San Francisco.
5 out of 10 for some decent acting and a talented staff. The writers, Producers, Director and studio should be ashamed of themselves.
This movie sets up the possibility of rigging a jury in a civil suit with some fairly interesting twists. At first, it seems as if using firearms manufacturers as the foil is incidental and secondary. But in Hollywood's quest to keep firearms from the hands of "the little people" and limit firearms to their personal bodyguards and government bureaucrats, they insult the rest of us by concluding that all other firearms owners are criminals or maniacs.
In their final pathetic attempt at securing justice through the plots growing implausibility, they culminate everything with a poorly played out ripoff of the excellent, "12 Angry Men." Runaway Jury leaves you feeling as if you have been played for a fool. That this can be considered intelligent entertainment is an insult to the viewer. At best, it is a plot that might be written by some immature High School students living on Manhattan's left wing Upper West Side or San Francisco.
5 out of 10 for some decent acting and a talented staff. The writers, Producers, Director and studio should be ashamed of themselves.