Suspect 1987 by AverageMansReviews

Suspect 1987 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/shooting/men on woman violence/suicide/medical/reference to capital punishment

Write to talk: Kathleen Riley [Cher:] she is a public defender that has a very difficult task before Christmas on defending this homeless individual that has been accused of murder Carl Wayne Anderson [Liam Neeson:] any homeless individual that once served his country in the Vietnam war, but now is deaf and dumb because of it. On the jury we meet Eddie Sanger [Dennis Quaid:] a lobbyist can be found usually on Capitol Hill doing his thing and to begin with really doesn't be a part of jury service.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 121 minutes film is really, really, really slow and I know it is probably a different world thing as this film was released in the late 1980's, but the background music even though it is there to build suspense and/or investigation atmosphere; it is really quite domineering and a waste of time as it just comes off as annoying.

Action; there a crumb of action here and there, but that is about it, this is one of those occasions where if it isn't there for me to talk about it I can't really stretch a crumb; but what I can say is; what there is it serves its purpose.

Character developments and performances; well they are reliable versions of what they are meant to be, mixed with all positive performances, but let's be really honest here without Cher, Quaid and Neeson would have very easily fallen flat on its face as this film is very much driven by dialogue or/and communication in some way

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; don't get me wrong if you are a fan of Cher, Quaid or/and Neeson and/or court room based projects take a look at this film, but as I have made it probably crystal clear by this point it is really slow.