Directed by:
Jon AvnetScreenplay:
Robert KingCinematography:
Karl Walter LindenlaubComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford, Byron Mann, Peter Donat, Robert Stanton, Tsai Chin, James Hong, Tzi Ma, Ulrich Matschoss, Roger Yuan, Mary Ann Schmidt (more)VOD (1)
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On the verge of signing a huge business deal, attorney Jack Moore (Gere) is on top of the world. But his elation soon comes tumbling down after he spends the night with a beautiful woman...and is then accused of her brutal murder! At the mercy of the strict Chinese court system where one is guilty until proven innocent Jack finds himself completely alone. But when his defense attorney (Bai Ling) unearths puzzling contradictions in the case, she acts against the court and her country, joining him in a pulse-pounding race to find the true killer...while both of their lives hang in the balance! (official distributor synopsis)
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The People's Court of the People's Republic of China vs. Richard Gere. Alternately beaten, naked in solitary confinement, or parading in his still snow-white shirt with his lawyer outside his detention site, combined with the clacking of Thomas Newman's piano successfully stealing from itself, creates a feeling that the whole thing feels like an outside view, shot in the States and splashed with Perry Mason, on a system where the state stands above the individual (unless that individual is a significant member of the Communist Party). It’s unimaginable to film something similar in contemporary Hollywood. Only a poor fool would place criticism of the red above the rustling green.
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