Criminal Law
MGM / UA (1989)
Thriller
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027616077202
IMDB   5.8
1 hr 57 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Gary Oldman Ben Chase
Kevin Bacon Martin Thiel
Tess Harper Det. Stillwell
Karen Young Ellen Faulkner
Joe Don Baker Det. Mesel
Sean McCann Jacob Fischer
Ron Lea Gary Hull
Michael Sinelnikoff Prof. Clemtes
Karen Woolridge Claudia Curwen
Ali Giron Isabel Fuertes
Director
Martin Campbell
Producer Hilary Heath
Robert MacLean
John Daly
Derek Gibson
Writer Mark Kasdan


Terrifying beyond a reasonable doubt.

Gary Oldman delivers a "tour-de-force performance" (The Washington Post) and Kevin Bacon "is very effective" (Roger Ebert) in this cunning, high-stakes thriller that'll keep you guessing until the very end!

Oldman portrays slick Boston attorney Ben Chase, whose career gets an upward surge when he successfully defends blueblood Martin Thiel (Bacon) during a well-publicized murder trial. But when he realized that Thiel is the exacting, vicious serial killer he was accused of being, Chase is torn between professional responsibility and his own conscience. Hoping to snare the egotistical killer in a misstep, Chase engages in a tense game of cat-and-mouse and Thiel, blurring the lines between right and wrong, victim and villain, and fascination and repulsion.

Edition Details
Distributor MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date 6/12/2007
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color
Subtitles English; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1