Writers: William Diehl (novel), Steve Shagan (screenplay)
Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton
Length: 2h 9min
又是一套舊電影，某日偶爾機緣下看了。
這是Edward Norton的處女作，想不到他在第一次的演出的表現已那麼厲害，神情轉換那麼自若，他亦憑此角色獲被提名1997年度奧斯卡男配角。我第一套看他有份演出的的電影是Fight Club，原來已是Primal Fear三年後的作品，同樣出色，演技更收放自如。
Richard Gere的電影其實我可能只看過Pretty Woman，一直感覺他不像是演技派，不過這電影他做得挺不錯，飾演一位律師，眼神十分銳利，跟由Laura Linney飾演的女主角互動也很精彩。
Laura的表現很吸引，她能演出律師的強硬個性，在酒吧裡跟Richard針鋒相對，入型入格。她跟Edward Norton對手戲不多，但被襲擊後她跟Richard的那幕很能演出女性的柔情一面。
整體來說，電影是不錯，劇情、演員都配合得很好，最後那場是高潮所在，結局也令人很震憾。
I speak. You do not speak. Your job is to just sit there and look innocent.Martin
If you want justice, go to a whorehouse. If you wanna get fucked, go to court.Martin
Why gamble with money when you can gamble with people’s lives? That was a joke. All right, I’ll tell you. I believe in the notion that people are innocent until proven guilty. I believe in that notion because I choose to believe in the basic goodness of people. I choose to believe that not all crimes are committed by bad people. And I try to understand that some very, very good people do some very bad things.Martin
Will you t-tell Miss Venable I’m sorry? Tell her I hope her neck is okay.Roy
Well… good for you, Marty. I was going to let it go at that. You was looking so happy just now. I was thinking, hmmm God. But to tell you the truth, I’m glad you figured it out, because I have been dying to tell you. I just didn’t know who you’d wanna hear it from, you know? Aaron or Roy… or Roy or Aaron. Well, I’ll let you in on a little secret. A sort of a client-attorney-privilege type of a secret, you know what I mean? It don’t matter who you hear it from. It’s the same story.Roy
So there never… there never was a Roy?Martin
Jesus Christ, Marty. If that’s what you think, I am disappointed in you, I don’t mind telling you. There never was an Aaron… counselor! Come on, Marty! I thought you had it figured, there at the end. The way you put me on the stand like that? That was fucking brilliant, Marty! And that whole thing like “act-like-a-man”? Jesus, I knew exactly what you wanted from me. It was like we were dancing, Marty!Roy
