After a night of celebration Mitch Brockden, a young and cocky District Attorney, becomes involved in a car accident by knocking over a man who runs out in front of him. Panicking, he calls 911 and then leaves the scene. Brockden then soon learns that the man he ran over was murdered after he left the scene, and that police have a suspect by the name of Clinton Davis in custody. Brockden is assigned to the case, but believing that the wrong man is being charged, he deliberately throws the case ending in Davis being found not guilty. Unfortunately for Mitch, as he delves deeper, he begins to realise that there is much more to Davis than meets the eye.
Reasonable Doubt is pretty much your run-of-the-mill crime thriller...nothing more, nothing less. It's a decently told story, but it's nothing really to get too excited about. The film is actually pretty rushed to be honest and it would probably have been better if there was another 30 minutes of it. It just goes by pretty fast. I mean one minute it's only an IF it goes to court, then the next thing you see it's basically half way through the trial. If the story was told with a bit more detail, like I say, I think it would have been better.
It's not really an original story either and this type of plot has been done plenty of times before. I'm not complaining because the film was pretty enjoyable, but if you want originality then you'd be best looking elsewhere.
Decently acted as well, especially by Jackson (but that goes without saying really), but Dominic Cooper is a touch over-the-top in some parts in portraying his character.
Overall, Reasonable Doubt isn't too bad of a film to watch and you could do worse.
Reasonable Doubt is pretty much your run-of-the-mill crime thriller...nothing more, nothing less. It's a decently told story, but it's nothing really to get too excited about. The film is actually pretty rushed to be honest and it would probably have been better if there was another 30 minutes of it. It just goes by pretty fast. I mean one minute it's only an IF it goes to court, then the next thing you see it's basically half way through the trial. If the story was told with a bit more detail, like I say, I think it would have been better.
It's not really an original story either and this type of plot has been done plenty of times before. I'm not complaining because the film was pretty enjoyable, but if you want originality then you'd be best looking elsewhere.
Decently acted as well, especially by Jackson (but that goes without saying really), but Dominic Cooper is a touch over-the-top in some parts in portraying his character.
Overall, Reasonable Doubt isn't too bad of a film to watch and you could do worse.