Joel Schumacher directs an intense and enthralling catch as catch can thriller based on John Grisham's novel of the same name. A young boy(Brad Renfro) witnesses the suicide of a high dollar lawyer, who is do to represent a Mafia hitman that is accused of killing a Senator. An egotistical district attorney(Tommy Lee Jones), the FBI and the Mafia all suspect that the boy, found at the scene, knows the dead lawyer's secrets. The 'wiser than his age' lad seeks help from a savvy female attorney (Susan Sarandon).
This movie leaves you little time to be bored. Not overly dramatic, but causing just enough tension to see you through to the end.
Also in the cast are Anthony Edwards, J.T. Walsh, William Macy and Ossie Davis.
This movie leaves you little time to be bored. Not overly dramatic, but causing just enough tension to see you through to the end.
Also in the cast are Anthony Edwards, J.T. Walsh, William Macy and Ossie Davis.