Mistrial

Mistrial

1996 · 89 min · EN · R · 5.3 (27 votes)
Dir. Heywood Gould · Starring Bill Pullman, Robert Loggia, Blair Underwood, Leo Burmester, Roma Maffia, James Rebhorn · Music Brad Fiedel

“One man has taken control of the courtroom - and it isn't the judge.”

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When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, the judge and the jury hostage...and begins a trial of his own.

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A relentless descent into a desperate man's twisted quest for justice. This gritty, propulsive thriller builds suffocating tension within its confined setting, exploring the blurred lines between right and wrong when the system fails.

tensedesperateconfrontationalmorally ambiguousgrittypropulsivegritty 90s thrillerconfined suspenseprocedural elementsvigilantismjustice vs. lawmoral compromisedesperation
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