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Runaway Jury (2003)

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Release Date: October 17, 2003
On DVD: February 17, 2004
Genre: Crime, Drama, Suspense
Running Time: 127 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for violence, language and thematic elements.
Director: Gary Fleder
Writer: David Levien, Brian Koppelman
Cast: Rusty Schwimmer, Nestor Serrano, Nick Searcy, Marguerite Moreau, Melora Walters, Bruce McGill, Jennifer Beals, Rachel Weisz, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, John Cusack

New Orleans. A mysterious man named Nick Easter is placed on a jury to determine a verdict for or against a major gun company that is being sued by the widow of a man killed in an office shooting. Easter tries to persuade the other jury members into his line of thinking while his girlfriend Marlee attempts to fool the attorneys involved. This is based on the John Grisham novel, though that book was about Read more

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Grade: B Book adaptations are always a scary thing. After all, how can a movie do a book justice? It doesn't happen often, and Runaway Jury is no exception, though it is entertaining enough to suffice. Read the full movie review

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Runaway Jury, by Ohmbray

January 11, 2004

This movie was so obviously biased toward anti-gun Hollywood and left wing liberal thinking that for me it was nothing more than an exercise in "knowing thine enemy".The whole premise of the movie and the ridiculous ending should leave the whole cast,crew and producers ashamed.Sorry, John Grisham,what did they tell you?

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