The year is 1986. In Ochopee, Florida, 11-year-old Joanie Shriver is kidnapped, raped, and murdered. Bobby Earl Ferguson is arrested by officers Tanny Brown and J. T. Wilcox, who proceed to beat Bobby into confessing to the murder. Bobby is placed on trial, where Bobby's defense attorney McNair puts up a lousy defense for Bobby, and Bobby is sentenced to be executed. Now, eight years later, Bobby hands a letter to his grandmother Evangeline and asks Evangeline to go to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to hire Harvard law professor Paul Armstrong to clear Bobby's name. At Harvard, Paul is attacking capital punishment in a campus debate, when Evangeline arrives and hands the letter to Paul. Paul goes home, where his wife Laurie is throwing a birthday party for their young daughter Katey. Laurie reads the letter and she encourages Paul to take the case, even though he hasn't practiced law in 25 years. Paul, Laurie, and Katey head to Florida, where Paul meets Bobby in the prison. Bobby tells Paul his side of the story and what Tanny and Wilcox did. Paul begins to believe that Bobby was railroaded. Bobby tells Paul to speak to Blair Sullivan, a man who is also on death row. Blair gives Paul some clues that could prove Bobby's innocence – and Blair's own guilt. But in the process of trying to clear Bobby, Paul learns some disturbing truths about Bobby, putting Paul and his family in a fight for their lives. Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the local police, but they aren't interested - Bobby was their killer. "Just Cause" is a disappointing movie about a law professor (Sean Connery) who is trying to free a condemned killer (Blair Underwood) on death row for a crime he did not commit. However, nothing is quite as it seems and the film goes for chills and thrills but does not really deliver. All the performances are sub-par and the film's screenplay and direction are misguided and somewhat annoying. A real downer. 2.5 out of 5 stars. Despite having a first-rate cast and a half-decent story this never builds up the necessary head of steam to keep us fully interested. It's a bit like "In the heat of the night" with the Poitier/Stieger roles reversed. Here it's Connery in the do-gooder Poitier role while the black Fishburne takes the Stieger part.<br/><br/>Bobby Earl is on death row for the rape and murder of a young white girl. He enlists the help of Connery's law professor to take his case on board arguing that serial killer Ed Harris has confessed to the murder while in jail. The plot is fairly predictable but is not unexciting. It's just that once we know who the bad guys are there really isn't very much else left. (The director, Arne Glimcher, never seems to be on top of the material).<br/><br/>Although effectively the stars neither Connery or Fishburne have much to do. Luckily we have the great Ed Harris exuding genuine menace as the incarcerated serial killer, wielding his power, Hannibal Lector style from inside his prison walls, while Blair Underwood as Bobby Earl displays real promise, suave and bland enough to make you wonder if he is guilty or not.
Harvard law professor Paul Armstrong (<a href="/name/nm0000125/">Sean Connery</a>) is asked by death row inmate Bobby Earl Ferguson (<a href="/name/nm0005516/">Blair Underwood</a>) to prove his innocence eight years after he was convicted for raping and murdering 11-year-old Joanie Shriver (<a href="/name/nm0437261/">Barbara Jean Kane</a>). A strong opponent against capital punishment, Paul takes the case, against the threats of Sheriff Tanny Brown (<a href="/name/nm0000401/">Laurence Fishburne</a>), the chief detective on the case and the one who coerced a confession from Bobby Earl. Paul successfully uncovers some overlooked evidence and gets Bobby Earl released from prison but quickly learns that there is more to the case than meets the eye and that his wife Laurie (<a href="/name/nm0001009/">Kate Capshaw</a>) and young daughter Katie (<a href="/name/nm0424060/">Scarlett Johansson</a>) are in grave danger. Just Cause is a 1992 novel by American psychological thriller writer John Katzenbach. The novel was adapted for the movie by American screenwriters Jeb Stuart and Peter Stone. Most likely it was sweet tea, a style of iced tea common in the Southern United States. At its simplest level, it is merely black tea with sugar but may contain flavorings, such as raspberry or mint. Sugar content can be quite high, suggesting that Brown may have consumed it as an energy drink. The culprit is not mentioned in the movie. Some viewers think it might have been Sheriff Brown or Detective J.T. Wilcox (<a href="/name/nm0614887/">Christopher Murray</a>). Others think it was merely a disgruntled Ochopee resident, since everyone in town knew that Armstrong was poking around and they were unhappy about him opening old wounds. No one, not even Blair Sullivan (<a href="/name/nm0000438/">Ed Harris</a>), knows the answer. As Blair explained to Armstrong, the "Behavioral Science boys" tried to blame it on his parents beating, abusing, and "sexing" him, but he poohpoohed that idea, saying only "there ain't no formula for people like me…just a predisposition for an appetite." In other words, Sullivan thinks he was born that way (nature) not created by his environment (nurture). Killing people brought a satisfaction to him. There was probably no revenge in killing his parents. He just had it done to have one last bit of joy before going to the chair. Realizing that Bobby Earl has taken Laurie and Katie, Paul and Tanny follow Laurie's car but lose it when a bridge opens in front of them to let a boat pass. On a hunch, they head out to the Everglade swamp where they find Laurie's car parked, so they split up to search for them. While wading through the swamp, Tanny is shot by Bobby Earl. Meanwhile, Paul sees a light inside the hunting shack, peeks in, and sees Laurie and Katie tied to chairs. He tries to untie them, but Bobby Earl suddenly bursts through the door. Bobby Earl holds a knife against Laurie's neck, explaining that she's the one he's been waiting to get for the past nine years, ever since she was the prosecutor on his kidnapping case in Dade County. In order to make a name for herself, Laurie had Bobby Earl held over in prison for one more night, during which he was beaten and castrated. To prove to him that it's all over, Paul plays the tape of his last interview with Sullivan in which Paul informs Sullivan that his parents are still alive. He adds that Sullivan intends to testify against him. Suddenly, Tanny sneaks up behind Bobby Earl and grabs him. Paul grabs a knife and begins stabbing Bobby Earl, and the three of them fall into the swamp. Paul continues to stab Bobby Earl until an alligator swims up and grabs him. He then helps Tanny out of the swamp and back into the hunting shack. As Paul tends to Tanny's wound, Tanny says, "at least we'll be able to sleep at night." Paul relies, "We'll see." In the final scene, Paul, Laurie, and Katie walk together to their car, and Laurie turns to kiss her husband and daughter. a5c7b9f00b Borderline movie hindi free downloadDownload the Zymotic Amaurosis full movie tamil dubbed in torrentGarrison7: The Road to Garrison 7 720p torrentOverlord full movie in hindi 1080p downloadFizzy Fever movie download in hdSam Max Season Two full movie download in hindi hdDaybreakers full movie in hindi free downloadAfter the Sunset download torrentMission: Impossible sub downloadA Simple Plan full movie 720p download
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