Runaway Jury (2003)

Commendable movie
1) Is not same as the book. Book deals with the tobacco litigation. Here it is changed into litigation against Gun companies. This was done so as to not be similar to the insider which was comming up at the same time.
2)Gene Hackman in his most villiany role yet.
3)Al Pacino does not have as much of a powerful part in this as Gene Hackman has.
4)Both the defendors and prosecutors hire jury consulants,
5) Gene Hackman is the jury consultant on the defendant's (gun company) side and he uses means of video,audio evesdropping,intimidation/blackmail of jury members to get a verdict in their favour. Al Pacino is the posecuting lead attorney.
6)At work is John Cusack and Rachel Weiss team. John Cusack gets into the jury team and lets Al Pacino (prosecuting lead lawyer) and the defense lawyer know that he can manipulate the jury and is willing to manipulate for the result required by either side whichever is ready to pay him millions dollar fee.
7)There is surprise ending which you won't see comming
8)The direction is fast,snazzy and frenetic.
9)Commendable movie.

regards, Vikram

Grisham SOLD OUT!
A great book, but then J. Grisham sold out to the tobacco criminals (life reflecting art, I suppose) and allowed the movie studio to change the subject of his story (had never happened before, hmmm.) Tobacco is a weapon of mass destruction and Fox and John Grisham should have had the balls to say, "We're going to do it like the book, just like we always did in the past." It's time the tobacco people were called before the "jury" to be held accountable for their crimes of mass murder of the people of the world! I will never read another John Grisham book or see another movie made from one of his books again.

Better than expected....
I was doubtful about renting this movie, I mean I saw Hackman and Duffman on the actors and I thought "This movie must be good". However Cusack is not a great actor in my opinion and Rachel Weizs's only good movie for my taste has been The Constant Gardener.
However I rented and at the end I got surprised.... so much that I actually bought the movie a couple of days later.
I haven't read anything from Grisham, however based on this movie I will in the future.

It's a good movie with the hell of a twist at the end..... Watch it, buy it or rent it.... You wont be dissapointed!!!!!!