Random film to remake but I guess it has a high concept - a journalist tries to frame a crooked DA by deliberately framing himself for murder then plans on exposing himself as being framed. But didn't he frame himself?
Oh anyway look it's high concept. Michael Douglas has quite a small role as the crooked DA. Jess Metcalf has a decent speaking voice and isn't bad, but he's not a star, nor is Amber Tamblyn and the film needed one.
There's lots of plot - well, detail in the plot, plenty of details, but I didn't buy it. I didn't buy a lot of it - Metcalf as a journo, his determination, or Douglas being evil, or Tamblyn's motives. Maybe the film should've been told from her point of view.
It's got marks of Hyams films: logic flaws, zingers, crisp editing, sharp whispering noises, confused character motivations, sharp pace, easy to watch, car chases, good black people who don't have a big part, fat actors.
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