Exoticalot
People are voting emotionally.
ReaderKenka
Let's be realistic.
Marva
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Staci Frederick
Blistering performances.
Nadine Salakov
This is another one of those rare thrillers that slipped through the cracks, and for good reason, the plot is horrible and too upsetting, to base a movie plot off of someone leaving another person to die alone in the middle of the street is vile, it's an awful basis for a story line, the writers, director, actors e.c.t must have lost their minds to want to make and participate in a movie that is so inhumane, regardless if the guy left for dead is a bad guy it's just more and more evil piling on top of each other and it doesn't stop, this is not a decent thriller, the dreadful plot outweighs any good acting this flick has, thrillers can be dark - but not this dark because they just become non-enjoyable, i recommend another film that has a similar title but has a completely different plot "Beyond A Reasonable Doubt" remake.
niccolini50
In spite of the negative reviews, I decided to buy this movie as I am a great admirer of Samuel L. Jackson. I was deeply disappointed. The scenes are all so dark that you cannot even see his face, the D.A. is unappealing and, all considered, you are not swept in the plot. Yet, the story might have been presented beautifully.
jtindahouse
Samuel L. Jackson must be the hardest working man in Hollywood. I love the joke: "Who's Samuel L. Jackson?" "Have you ever seen a film? He's the black guy in it." But there's more to him than just being in a lot of films. His characters always have an edge. His role in 'Unbreakable' still haunts me to this day. 'Reasonable Doubt' gives him once again another great chance to shine and he takes it.The movie itself is pretty solid. There are twists at turns at every corner and the story is more than interesting enough to keep the viewer hooked. There are of course the almost unavoidable downfalls every thriller seems to fall into towards the end, such as walking out of a police station after assaulting an officer as casually as leaving the post office and then the detective who ordered all units be sent to a house manages to beat them all there on her lonesome (without any sirens even on) just in time to put a bullet through the killers head and save the day. Clichéd and completely unrealistic. But we forgive. It's a good quality thriller worth a view.
David Arnold
After a night of celebration Mitch Brockden, a young and cocky District Attorney, becomes involved in a car accident by knocking over a man who runs out in front of him. Panicking, he calls 911 and then leaves the scene. Brockden then soon learns that the man he ran over was murdered after he left the scene, and that police have a suspect by the name of Clinton Davis in custody. Brockden is assigned to the case, but believing that the wrong man is being charged, he deliberately throws the case ending in Davis being found not guilty. Unfortunately for Mitch, as he delves deeper, he begins to realise that there is much more to Davis than meets the eye.Reasonable Doubt is pretty much your run-of-the-mill crime thriller...nothing more, nothing less. It's a decently told story, but it's nothing really to get too excited about. The film is actually pretty rushed to be honest and it would probably have been better if there was another 30 minutes of it. It just goes by pretty fast. I mean one minute it's only an IF it goes to court, then the next thing you see it's basically half way through the trial. If the story was told with a bit more detail, like I say, I think it would have been better.It's not really an original story either and this type of plot has been done plenty of times before. I'm not complaining because the film was pretty enjoyable, but if you want originality then you'd be best looking elsewhere.Decently acted as well, especially by Jackson (but that goes without saying really), but Dominic Cooper is a touch over-the-top in some parts in portraying his character.Overall, Reasonable Doubt isn't too bad of a film to watch and you could do worse.