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Beyond Reasonable Doubt

 

In law, beyond reasonable doubt refers to the 'test' that the court will apply to see whether the accused is guilty or not.
 
Conceptually it says that it is ok if the prosecution cannot proof that the accused is 100% guilty of the charge, as long as the Court holds the view that it is beyond a reasonable level of doubt, that the accused is 'guilty'. That is the concept.
 
In this film, the drama is of course deeper than that but this film will be a good illustration to the said concept.   
 
So the primary question in the film is who is the killer?
 
There are 2 key characters. Michael Douglas plays the District Attorney who 

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prosecutes the accused, played by Jesse Metcalfe. The drama here is that the accused defence was not a just plain "i am innocent" or "i do not the victim" but he said, in my words 'i frame this thing to investigate the district attorney'. The accused is an investigative reporter who has been suspecting that the district attorney have been falsifying evidence to get convictions. You see, in the US's system, many district attorneys get to be Governors so the reporter says the District Attorney's motive was to score points for his governorship.
Michael Douglas needs no introduction. He started acting in 1972, when this writer was learning to walk. Amongst his early key films was “Wall Street” (1987). Then he did “Fatal Attraction (1987), “The War of the Roses” (1989) and “Black Rain” (1989). He also did “Basic Instinct” (1992) but the popularity of film was more due to Sharon Stone, rather than Michael Douglas.
Jesse Metcalfe is relative new. If we think we may have seen him before than probably in “Desperate Housewives” and “Smallville”. Jesse plays the Investigative reporter in this film.
Actress Amber Tamblyn completes the film. She is relatively new but she has appreared in many tv series and films. Other than acting, Amber is a celebrated poet. 

 

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