Under Suspicion (2000): A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. This will only take ten minutes, they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another ... (6.5)
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Writers: John Wainwright (book: Brainwash)
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman and Thomas Jane
The psychological sparring goes back and forth between the accuser and and accused; they both have dirt on each other. The circumstantial evidences pile up. The truth is plain to see; or, is it? I was suspicious about others in the the story also, specially the beautiful young wife, the police officers, the wife's sister, sister's husband, ... all of them. Yes, the ending is weird, and a bit weak, but it is a good thriller. As expected, Freeman and Hackman give very good performances. The flashback scenes are different; whose story is it anyway is the question that comes to mind. I'd rate this higher than the critics. My Rating: 7.0
