Sadly Over-hyped

Memorable, crazy movie

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

a story about success. not the most inspired, far to be the worst . the presence of Michael Douglas and Jesse Metcalfe , the fight for the noble purpose, the last surprise, the love story are reasonable ingredients for a sort of crime who reminds better examples of genre. so, far to be awful.

Typical Michael Douglas fayre. Sleezy lawyer faking evidence so he can win more cases. Jesse Metcalfe investigates, stupidly framing himself for a murder he didn't commit and see if Douglas messes with the evidence.He has a friend to help him and he stupidly doesn't bring the evidence to the court at the time so we have an uneccessary care chase.Some of the dialogue is daft. No swearing until the very last line which seems out of place.Its good enough. Could have been done a lot better though. Good story.

I just finished watching "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" and went to IMDb, like I usually do after watching a movie, to review the statistics about the movie. I was shocked to see how poorly this movie did at the box office and all the negative reviews of this movie. I have NEVER done a movie review before, but had to for this one as I was on the edge of my seat through the entire movie. I found the characters believable, the acting superb (Michael Douglas especially) and the story captivating, taking you up and down like a roller coaster. Then there is the twist at the end that was a classic OMG moment, one of the best plot twists I have ever witnessed. And the last line of the movie (two words) was very apropos. If you like a good psychological thriller (my favorite genre), this is a MUST SEE.

This is a remake of a 50s movie of the same name, which apparently though fairly implausible, was at least suspenseful and vaguely thrilling, unlike this torpid effort. That it was directed by Peter Hyams is incomprehensible, as the man has made some pretty good movies in his time, (Capricorn One for example), and though partial to remakes, has had success with some of these as well, (see Outland, a sci-fi remake of High Noon). But I think he must have been either drunk, or under duress when he made this, as from the start it looks and feels like a TV movie; and not even roping in his old colleague, Michael Douglas, can elevate it from this. The production feels cheap, it's sloppily directed, and edited atrociously. The music sounds like it was scored by a student, (of Theoretical Physics), and the lead character is played by the Desperate Housewives resident topless tottie, Jesse Metcalfe, who is only convincing in making us realise why he was destined to remain on TV! I have to admit I only wasted 40 minutes of my life on it! The plot was glaringly obvious from an early point, where Hyams has the camera linger for so long on the tattooed fingers of the supposedly dead subject of Metcalfe's award winning documentary, that even George W. Bush could have worked out it was going to be relevant to a plot "twist" later! So after I couldn't take any more pain, I jumped to the end of the movie to check if it panned out the way I thought it was going to, and was so glad I did, as it was indeed that tritely obvious! And when the female lead speaks the final cheesy line of the movie, you unfortunately feel like it's the director directly addressing you, as she turns to the camera and says "Fuck you"!