Murder in the First (1995)
Country: US
Technical: Foto-Kem 122m
Director: Marc Rocco
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, William H. Macy, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brad Dourif, Mia Kirshner, J. Lee Ermey
Synopsis:
A youth whose crime it was to steal five dollars from the Federal Post Office is sent to Alcatraz and terrorised for three years in solitary by the associate warden when he tries to escape. Then, in 1941, he is defended by a novice lawyer for the murder of a fellow inmate.
Review:
A frontal assault on the American penal system that was, it boasts tough performances from Bacon and Oldman but never quite achieves either the emotional force of A Time to Kill or the even-handedness of Dead Man Walking. The court scenes are just not well enough written, big speeches lacking punch, and the restless tracking and craning of the camera is frankly a distraction.
Country: US
Technical: Foto-Kem 122m
Director: Marc Rocco
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, William H. Macy, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brad Dourif, Mia Kirshner, J. Lee Ermey
Synopsis:
A youth whose crime it was to steal five dollars from the Federal Post Office is sent to Alcatraz and terrorised for three years in solitary by the associate warden when he tries to escape. Then, in 1941, he is defended by a novice lawyer for the murder of a fellow inmate.
Review:
A frontal assault on the American penal system that was, it boasts tough performances from Bacon and Oldman but never quite achieves either the emotional force of A Time to Kill or the even-handedness of Dead Man Walking. The court scenes are just not well enough written, big speeches lacking punch, and the restless tracking and craning of the camera is frankly a distraction.
Country: US
Technical: Foto-Kem 122m
Director: Marc Rocco
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, William H. Macy, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brad Dourif, Mia Kirshner, J. Lee Ermey
Synopsis:
A youth whose crime it was to steal five dollars from the Federal Post Office is sent to Alcatraz and terrorised for three years in solitary by the associate warden when he tries to escape. Then, in 1941, he is defended by a novice lawyer for the murder of a fellow inmate.
Review:
A frontal assault on the American penal system that was, it boasts tough performances from Bacon and Oldman but never quite achieves either the emotional force of A Time to Kill or the even-handedness of Dead Man Walking. The court scenes are just not well enough written, big speeches lacking punch, and the restless tracking and craning of the camera is frankly a distraction.