2014 · crime · thriller
Reasonable Doubt
Directed by Peter Howitt1h 31m2014
When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels compelled to throw the case against the accused criminal who was found with the body and blamed for the crime. Following the trial, Mitch's worst fears come true when he realizes that he acquitted a guilty man, and he soon finds himself on the hunt for the killer before more victims pile up.
Our read: Reasonable Doubt (2014) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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