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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543111757
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 17, 2004
Running Time: 127 minutes
Sales Rank: 21223
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: October 17, 2003
Editorial Review:
Description:
From master storyteller John Grisham and the director of Don't Say A Word comes a taut suspense-thriller that 'grabs hold of you and never lets go' (Philadelphia Metro). In their first film together, screen legends Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman face off in this electrifying nail-biter about a ruthless jury consultant who'll do anything to win. With lives and millions of dollars at stake, the fixer plays a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a jury member (John Cusack) and a mysterious woman (Rachel Weisz) who offer to 'deliver' the verdict to the highest bidder. Packed with danger, intrigue and pulse-pounding twists and turns, Runaway Jury rules!
Amazon.com:
Based on the bestseller by John Grisham, Runaway Jury is a slick thriller that's exciting enough to overcome the gaps in its plot. The ultimate target has been changed: Grisham's legal assault on the tobacco industry was switched to the hot-button issue of gun control (no doubt to avoid comparison to The Insider) in a riveting exposé of jury-tampering. Gene Hackman plays the ultra-cynical, utterly unscrupulous pawn of the gun-makers, using an expert staff and advanced electronics to hand-pick a New Orleans jury that will return a favorable verdict; Dustin Hoffman (making his first screen appearance with real-life former roommate Hackman) defends the grieving widow of a gun-shooting victim with idealistic zeal, while maverick juror John Cusack and accomplice Rachel Weisz play both ends against the middle in a personal quest to hold gun-makers accountable. It's riveting stuff, even when it's obvious that Grisham and director Gary Fleder have glossed over any details that would unravel the plot's intricate design. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Run Away from this Dismal Movie
This film squanders the considerable talents of several A-list actors with an unbelievable plot and a predictable and moralizing ending.
It's not that I disagree with the theme - I'm no fan of guns - but the concept of the film is simply ludicrous. I won't give away any details, but suffice it to say that this film thinks that conspiracy - no matter how silly, and twists - no matter how nonsensical, will somehow add up to an engaging court drama.
The original script must ... Read More
Rating:  - Runaway Performances
I have no idea whether juries in the real world can be corrupted as this jury in the reel world is, but "Runaway Jury" is a riveting thriller that ought to capture the interest of the viewer from beginning to end, whether one buys into all the plot points or not.
Its success as a genre-film derives from the superlative cast, which is headed by Dustin Hoffman in the role of the honest but savvily down-to-earth attorney (with shabby suit and a carefully planted mustard dab on his tie) ... Read More
Rating: - Hackman is scum. Cusak and Weisz, the latent heroes.
Because of the fact that Dustin Hoffman plays the attorney for the Plaintiff in a wrongful death lawsuit (her husband, an attorney; Dylan McDermot - short cameo at beginning of movie) against a gun manufacturer; he does [mostly] everything by the book. So it's easy to somehow gloss over his character, since he comes across as the knight in shining armor for all the people who's loved ones have died due to handgun violence.
Gene Hackman on the other hand, is the scheming, conniving, cold ... Read More
Rating:  - Bias here makes plot devoid of any basic logic
In full disclosure, I am adamantly pro-gun and believe that gun control kills far more people than gun legalization. Residents of high-gun crime, "gun-free" Washington DC, or students in the "gun free zones" of Virginia Tech, Columbine High School, etc. have experienced firsthand why a disarmed populace is at greater risk of gun violence. Banning guns will only make the black market for guns go through the ceiling, and the only people who will have guns who aren't police or military will be those who ... Read More
Rating: - IT'S ONLY ME, BUT:
hACKMAN AND hOFFMAN WERE GREAT TOGETHER FOR THEIR FIRST TIME. FAST PACE AND RIVOTING . GREAT MOVIE. JENNIFER BEALS HAS A UNCREDDITED ROLE IN THE MOVIE. JOHN CUSAK IS EXCELLENT. JM
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