Pic also offers a solid supporting part for Richard Schiff as Tommy Molto, the “Presumed Innocent” prosecutor, who is still looking for justice even if his life and priorities have changed. Writer-director Mike Robe does a nice job of exploring the repercussions of life choices, and if young Rusty was about passion and justice, the older version is about guilt and retribution. At times, it feels like marriage counseling wrapped up with legal red tape. When Barbara dies in her sleep, an apparent death by natural causes case dredges up old grudges and new enemies.Ī legal thriller in the sense that it ensconces viewers in the tight-knit, nepotistic circle of lawyers, clerks and judges, the new movie has all of the left-over baggage of “Presumed Innocent” but none of the courtroom finesse and tense whodunit qualities. The two put on a decent face for their law grad son Nat (Callard Harris), but Rusty soon strays with his young promising law clerk, Anna (“True Blood’s” Mariana Klaveno). Rusty (Bill Pullman, stepping into Harrison Ford’s role) is an appellate judge balancing a tense and guilt-ridden relationship with his emotionally charged wife Barbara (Marcia Gay Harden). Granted, crime dramas have never gone out of style, but these days, it’s more about the procedure and minutiae of detective work or the gross-out factor of forensic science.Īt first glance the Turow adaptation offers a tantalizing plot, picking up 20 years after the whodunit shocker ending of “Presumed Innocent,” as the recriminations of past events have caught up with everyone involved. Rusty is defended by Sandy Stern, who goes on to appear in Scott Turow's subsequent books, including his new novel, The Last Trial.In their late ’70s heyday, mystery wheel titles like “McMillan and Wife,” “Columbo” and “McCloud” were a staple. Innocent (2010 television film 2011) is a sequel to Presumed Innocent. In a further twist Rusty finds himself on trial for the murder, and the evidence against him mounts. In the first twist of many in the novel, Rusty, who is married, was once Carolyn's lover, a fact he tries to conceal from his boss, the Prosecuting Attorney. Presumed Innocent is the story of lawyer Rusty Sabich who's investigating the brutal murder of a beautiful and ambitious female colleague, Carolyn Polhemus. The novel was seen as groundbreaking as it spawned a whole generation of legal thrillers. The novel was first published in Britain in 1987 and Scott's books have since sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. Scott Turow talks about his first thriller, Presumed Innocent, with James Naughtie and a group of readers.
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