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Rating of
3/4
Justice for Sale?
MovieAddict - wrote on 02/26/2012
"Runaway Jury" is about a ruthless jury consultant (Gene Hackman) with no scruples doing whatever it takes to win against a sympathetic and tenacious lawyer (Dustin Hoffman) in a case that throws the issue of gun control in America in the air. Nicholas Easter (John Cusack) is a New Orleans native chosen to be one of the 11 jury members in the case. His motive is to extort, with the help of partner Marly (Rachel Weisz), $$millions with the promise of swaying enough jurors into delivering a favorable verdict for the gun company. Or is he?
From the very beginning I was hooked with the set-up for the trial, the jury selection, everything. This movie flowed so well that by the time it was over, I couldn't believe that two hours had gone by. It was just incredible.
Runaway Jury is a …
Rating of
2.5/4
Hard to believe, but a pretty good movie
The M.O.W. - wrote on 08/01/2008
A man who apparently without a background (John Kusack) is picked for jury duty on a trial that has national attention, but he is not there to serve justice. He is there to do what is right, depending on how lawyers on either side pays him and his partner (Rachel Weisz).
They try to make a deal with either side of the case, lead by two lawyers (Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman) who want more than anything to win by manipulating the jury. However, the lawyers are trying to do the same thing.
The hardest part of this movie is to believe that lawyers actually spy on protential jurors. It's even harder to believe that they know who has been randomly selected for jury duty, because it's a secret.
The acting is one of the few good points in this movie. The performances from Hackman …
