Runaway Jury

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: October 17, 2003

8.5	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 182 Ratings

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CatJul 28, 2006

The worst movie I have ever seen, bar none. And I believe in gun control! It was just so contrived and melodramatic (oh, this juror's an alcoholic, this one's the victim of domestic abuse, blah blah blah) and the fairytale ending The worst movie I have ever seen, bar none. And I believe in gun control! It was just so contrived and melodramatic (oh, this juror's an alcoholic, this one's the victim of domestic abuse, blah blah blah) and the fairytale ending was just plain vapid and unrealistic. Not to mention that it was very poor in the technical department… Expand

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RenovatiaMar 26, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie has nothing to do with the original Grisham book. Instead, his movie has been transformed into a blatant anti-gun movie. Made by people behind massive fences and private armed security companies.

Gun-manufacturers hire a spook operator to find dirt on jury members with sophisticated surveillance electronics and a professional team consisting of techies, a honeypot babe and brute force bullies.

A trial is coming up. The widow of a shooting victim sues a gun manufacturer for negligence. She has chosen for a trial which requires a Jury.

The spook operator Gene Hackman has the Jury under his control. Except for one person - John Cusack. Turns out he's working together with his girlfriend (Rachel Weisz) to extort this spook Gene Hackman for 10, later 15 million US Dollar. And they succeed to do so.

But then the twist comes in the end. Turns out another little town tried to sue the gun companies after a local school shooting. The twin sister of Rachel Weisz died in it. John Cusack was also a pupil on said school and boyfriend of Rachel. The money they extorted is to pay the citizens of this town because they were ruined after the failed lawsuit against them evil gun companies.

Vomit inducing ending indeed. Needless to say everything was contrived and black-and white. A true propaganda piece worthy of the main stream media.

The movie was badly edited. It tried to depict a hyper-dynamic determined spook-operating business with fast cuts, but this specific art of movie making has been long lost. The fast cutting was frantic, almost erratic instead.

Things went way too easy (such as the exposure of Jury members, breaking into houses, etc). A lot of corners were cut. I stopped caring and I only continued to watch to find out about the angle of John Cusack and Rachel Weisz. That was kept hidden until the very end.

I simply couldn't help notice I was watching something visually monotone, but halfway through it struck me: the men had only black or dark hair (the grey haired used to have dark hair too).

What's going on? Well...

All significant roles were played by Jewish actors. Only a very few actors weren't but they had a minor role. There wasn't a single blonde Germanic or Nordic, or a redhead Scottish or Irish significant actor. NOT ONE. For the women too, albeit some have blonde hair, all significant roles were in the hands of Jewish ladies.

Call me what you want. But at some point you have to start thinking.… Expand

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