The Client
A tense, character-driven legal thriller that keeps you on edge with a child in peril and a flawed hero, blending courtroom drama with mob menace.
Same director: Joel Schumacher · Tense, dark · about justice and family
A Time to Kill
A heavy, tense courtroom drama that simmers with racial injustice and revenge, demanding emotional engagement and offering cathartic release.
About 1996 film directed by Joel Schumacher
Genres drama, crime, thriller, vigilante, trial
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Written by Akiva Goldsman
Starring Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Spacey, Kiefer Sutherland, Ashley Judd, Octavia Spencer
Music Elliot Goldenthal
Runtime 143 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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