Movie #695 ........................."True Crime"

Movie #695 "True Crime" --- the only thing interesting about this movie is the mystery of who killed the young woman ---- the dialogue in the police station is awful --- even James Woods, Clint Eastwood and Denis Leary can't do anything with it! yikes! And there's nothing endearing about the character Clint Eastwood plays --- not sure if he's believable --- he does rude and despicable things (like pushing his little daughter so quickly through the zoo (to get it over with) that he knocks her off the buggy and she's hurt! But then he keeps pursuing the story --- not sure why --- things don't add up with him --- maybe if he pursues the truth? yet, that's brought up in the film and it doesn't seem to be the answer ---he says in the film that he has a gut feeling and he seems to relish in that ---- nope, nothing really good about this guy so why does someone keep watching? Because Isaiah Washington is so damn convincing as the wrongly convicted black man who is accused of killing a white girl and is condemned to death because of all the white witnesses. Hmm. One thing the film really hits hard is that the true crime is that he is more than likely convicted because he IS black. The movie is good when it shows how wrong that is, and how wonderful the black family is --- kudos to all the secondary actors who make those characters believable and passionate! Clint Eastwood does his gravely booze drinking character that he always does lately. I would give this 3 out of 5 stars True Crime1999R127 minutes Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood) is on the brink of ruining his marriage and journalism career with his alcoholism and womanizing when he's assigned to write a human-interest story about a death-row inmate (Isaiah Washington) -- and learns the conviction was built on shaky evidence. Now, with 12 hours left until the execution, Everett embarks on a quest to save a man he's convinced is innocent. James Woods and Denis Leary co-star. Cast:Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Gay Hamilton, James Woods, Denis Leary, Bernard Hill, Diane Venora, Michael McKean, Michael Jeter, Mary McCormack, Hattie Winston, Penny Bae Bridges, Francesca Fisher-Eastwood, John Finn, Laila Robins, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Frances Fisher, Nancy Giles, Tom McGowan, Lucy Liu Genre:Crime Dramas, Drama