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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 2009 123movies

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 2009 123movies

Feb. 05, 2009105 Min.
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Watch: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 2009 123movies, Full Movie Online – High profile lawyer Mark Hunter has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoe-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist, C.J. Nicholas begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney’s perfect record is up for scrutiny. Commencing a risky game of cat and mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to catch the corrupt D.A. in the act. Romantically involved with C.J. but unaware of his assignment, assistant D.A. Ella Crystal becomes caught between her boss’s political ambitions and C.J.’s dangerous expose. As mounting evidence stacks up against both men, Ella’s own life becomes threatened when she discovers incriminating proof that puts the fate of both C.J’s innocence and Hunter’s reputation in her hands..
Plot: Remake of a 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a novelist’s investigation of a dirty district attorney leads to a setup within the courtroom.
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5.8/10 Votes: 13,076
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N/A Votes: 252 Popularity: 11.241 | TMDB

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The only thing that’s beyond a reasonable doubt here is this movie’s stupidity. The film opens with District Attorney Mark Hunter (Michael Douglas) addressing the jury at a murder trial: “The defense would like to tell you that our entire case is circumstantial. There are no eyewitnesses, no ballistic match, no alibi.” Odd. One would think that a prosecutor who has scored 17 murder convictions in a row would view the absence of an alibi as something that favors the prosecution and not the defense.

Reporter C.J. Nicholas (Jesse Metcalfe) is convinced that Hunter is corrupt; all 17 convictions were decided by DNA evidence that
Nicholas is certain was planted in some way by Hunter. For example, a cigarette butt photographed at a crime scene belongs to a cigarette the defendant is shown smoking in an interrogation video; Nicholas’s boss asks him rhetorically, “How could someone plant the cigarette at the crime scene when the interrogation took place three days after the crime scene photographs were taken?”

Undaunted, Nicholas concocts a harebrained scheme to frame himself for the murder of a prostitute using circumstantial evidence (we know it’s harebrained because is a Life of David Gale ripoff). This includes buying a balaclava (and macing it while he’s wearing it. D’oh!) and a pair of sneakers from an “extremely rare” brand that “they stopped making in 1999.”

These shoes leave a footprint that matches in “size and weight” one found at the crime scene. I’d say this is a hint that (spoiler) Nicholas is the killer after all (otherwise the “size and weight” thing would be a huge coincidence), but that would be giving Hyams too much credit — especially considering that Nicholas forces a poor Jack Russell to bite him in the calf of his left leg, to recreate the bite received by the murderer courtesy of a witness’s dog; however, since he really is the killer, this means he already has a bite mark.

The second bite occurs off-camera, which leads me to assume either Nicholas managed to get the second dog to bite him in exactly the same place as the first, or that Corey (Joel David Moore), his friend and accomplice (in everything but the murder), who is also supposedly a journalist, is unable to tell the difference between a fresh dog bite and an old one. And let’s not even talk about the sneakers of which Nicholas actually owns two pairs (so much for «extremely rare»).

The icing on the bullshit cake is that Nicholas’s plan depends entirely on Hunter actually being corrupt and willing to plant evidence, even though it’s been well established that this is nothing more than a hunch on Nicholas’s part, all his evidence of it nothing but pure speculation.

Review By: JPRetana

Why would a man frame himself… for murder?

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is directed by Peter Hyams and Hyams adapts the screenplay from Douglas Morrow’s story/screenplay for the 1956 film of the same name. It stars Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Michael Douglas, Joel David Moore and Orlando Jones. Music is by David Shire and Hyams also tackles cinematography duties.

C.J. Nicholas (Metcalfe) is a journalist aiming for high things. He is convinced that high profile lawyer Mark Hunter (Douglas) is corrupting legal issues and sets about proving it…

The 1956 film was the great Fritz Lang’s last American film, more court drama than being overtly film noir, it was a film well tuned into legalities of its time. Hyams here updates to a modern era setting and it is fanciful – due to the advancements in technology – in the extreme. Of course those things can often be forgivable if the film is well put together and holds some thriller/drama weight.

The look of the film is cheap, as in a TV movie look, with the cinematography uninspiring, the young cast members hardly turn in characterisations to care for, while Douglas (who is very good) is surprisingly under used. The story is a fascinating one as per human foibles, and there’s a double whammy stroll down twister street that lifts the film to a rewarding closure. But it’s still a disappointment, and this even if you haven’t seen Lang’s far superior 56 film. 6/10

Review By: John Chard
Dopey crime drama, very amusing though
The career of director/cinematographer Peter Hyams has been one of slow decent into mediocrity like Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, which has just a slight improvement over his previous entry A Sound of Thunder. This movie is arguably the dopiest courtroom drama of the decade (at least). It is a story that lives purely on coincidence and contrivance. It feels rushed and ends on an anti-climactic note. Sounds pretty bad huh? Actually it wasn’t. There is something kind of amusing about the idiocy of Beyond a Reasonable Doubt which may be just enough to keep you watching. Sometimes it gets actually fairly tense.

C. J. Nicholas is an investigative reporter in Missouri who is convinced that the district attorney, has been faking evidence for the last 17 murder cases he has taken on. In order to expose him, C. J. comes up with a crazy scheme which involves framing himself for a murder, getting arrested and hoping that Nicholas tries to pin something on him. Sounds good, but something goes very wrong.

Not for a moment is the story believable, and it takes too many ways out of conflict, including rushing scenes, throwing in cheap surprises, and also a deus ex machina to conclude the whole thing. If you are not bothered by this, you may find something to salvage from Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. There are some quirky scenes here and there and a few good Hyams shots

Well, it could have been worse I suppose, the movie was better than I expected, but I think I may be giving it more generosity than it deserves.

Review By: Samiam3
Push The Jury Into Conviction
Probably those who have seen and reviewed this new version of Beyond A Reasonable Doubt already know how this will play out and the suspense is killed. It certainly was that way for me.

The 2009 Beyond A Reasonable Doubt has one thing to recommend it beyond the 1956 one. In that first one it was as an academic exercise that Dana Andrews put himself in harm’s way, getting himself convicted of murder and then trying to free himself. In this one ambitious investigative reporter Jesse Metcalf has trained his sites on the District Attorney in Shreveport, Louisiana where this is filmed. Michael Douglas has been winning a whole lot of cases on the strength of DNA evidence offhandedly found at crime scenes. His winning streak has people looking at him to be the next governor of Louisiana.

To get his story Metcalf has himself framed for the murder of a junkie prostitute and plants evidence that lead the Shreveport cops right to him. Sure enough planted DNA evidence shows up to push the jury into conviction. Now to get his story, but some unforeseen complications do arise which if you’ve seen the 1956 version you have some idea what they are.

Amber Tamblyn in an adult role does a fine job as Metcalf’s girlfriend and one who works in the District Attorney’s office. I saw a lot of traces of Michael Douglas’s father in his performance, more than I normally catch when watching this film. Best supporting role is that of Joel David Moore as Metcalf’s luckless cameraman who is the only other one who knows what Metcalf is trying to do.

What this version of Beyond A Reasonable Doubt missed the most was the tension building direction of Fritz Lang. That was something that could not be replaced.

Review By: bkoganbing

Other Information:

Original Title Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Release Date 2009-02-05
Release Year 2009

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 46 min (106 min)
Budget 25000000
Revenue 4388563
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director Peter Hyams
Writer Peter Hyams, Douglas Morrow
Actors Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Michael Douglas
Country United States, Saudi Arabia
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Red One Camera
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (color), Modern VideoFilm, Burbank (CA), USA (digital intermediate)
Film Length 2,881 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format Redcode RAW
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Redcode RAW (4K) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (spherical) (Kodak)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 2009 123movies
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 2009 123movies
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 2009 123movies
Original title Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
TMDb Rating 5.694 252 votes

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