Runaway Jury...

After a grand Diwali party with near and dear ones late until Saturday night, where we almost witnessed the Daylight Saving end, and a fancy Sunday lunch, there was only 1 thing left to do on a cold Sunday afternoon... Yep, see another movie... 


This movie was in the queue for a long time... It starts with a bang and still, it takes a few minutes before the viewer can figure out the relevance of every character in the plot... The interim scenes do not let the pace slack and actually the climax is really very very good... 


The amount of mind work that goes beyond the scenes in a courtroom drama where vested business interests, personal vendettas, one upmanship and building / destroying reputations take higher seeding compared to meting out justice is aptly demonstrated in this movie... Again, I wish I had read the John Grisham novel prior to seeing the movie... 


Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman cast a vice like grip on the mind from their first scene in the movie... Rachel Weisz acted very well, especially in scenes when she confronted the proven attorneys inspite of being totally scared... But this movie belongs to John Cusack... He is like a chameleon in this movie and we do not know what color is he going to switch to next... This mystery is not reveled until the last few minutes of the movie... 


I love movies where there is a mental maneuvering  and manipulation going on... I love movies where you do not know what is going to happen next... This movie kept me guessing until the last minute... S is blessed with a sharp acumen at solving such mysteries but even she was left guessing until the climax scene... 


Definitely worth one watch!!!

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