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Wick's Review

Summary - Pretty Bad 1.5 click to collapse contents 

Pity poor Robert Redford. His desperate attempt to discredit 21st century military tribunals led him to craft a tortured courtroom drama that paints Lincoln’s killers as sympathetic victims of a tyrannical US government. Politics aside, The Conspirator proves hard to follow, uninvolving and obsessed with legal machinations at the expense of common sense.

A Few Good Men it ain’t. To wit, the trial’s crescendo comes when James McAvoy’s outgunned defense attorney shouts “The prosecution will stop at nothing,” hardly a “You can’t handle the truth” moment.

Acting - OK 2.5 click to expand contents 

Film - Pretty Bad 1.5 click to expand contents 

Edge - Tame 1.4 click to expand contents 

Reality - Glib 1.1 click to expand contents 

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