Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)
- Directed by
- Peter Hyams
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 350 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A journalist stages his own murder accusation to prove a prosecutor's dishonesty. But his plan backfires when he cannot produce the evidence to clear himself.
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What happens
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is a 2009 American crime thriller film written, directed, and shot by Peter Hyams, starring Michael Douglas, Jesse Metcalfe and Amber Tamblyn. Based on Fritz Lang's 1956 film of the same name, it was Hyams' second reimagining of an RKO property after 1990's Narrow Margin. In it, a young journalist (Metcalfe) sets himself up as a murderer to expose the unethical practices of a star prosecutor with a trumped-up conviction record (Douglas), but finds himself unable to produce the evidence he had prepared to restore his innocence. The film made its worldwide theatrical debut in Spain on July 11, 2009, and was given a limited release in the United States on September 11, 2009. It was negatively received by critics, who found it an uninspired retread of one of Lang's lesser works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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