Just Cause [Region 2] | ![Just Cause [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QHHY7RJSL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Arne Glimcher
Actors: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Ed Harris
Category: DVD
Buy Used: $9.50
Rating:  28 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: Italian (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Arabic (Subtitled), Romanian (Subtitled), Bulgarian (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 7321950136230
ASIN: B00004VYML
Theatrical Release Date: February 17, 1995
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Just Cause is a film that relies on phony plot twists and steals openly from any other thriller that it can remember. If there was a drinking game requiring players to drink during every cinematic "homage," you'd be tanked after Just Cause's first 45 minutes. Take one case of racial injustice, place it in an exotic, exquisitely photographed location (the Florida Everglades), and bring in an outsider, played by a bankable star, to save the day. Make sure nothing appears as it seems. Add a couple of plot twists, some over-the-top character actors (Ed Harris, shamelessly riffing on Hannibal Lecter), stir, and serve. The big name in this case is Sean Connery, who plays a Harvard law professor summoned to the swamps by an apparently innocent death row inmate (Blair Underwood), who swears he didn't rape and kill that 11-year-old girl. He says he confessed because maverick psycho-cop Tanny Brown (Laurence Fishburne) made him play a solo game of Russian roulette. He says his Serial-killer neighbor on death row (Harris) committed the crime. Connery buys it, the audience buys it, and how could they not? Director Arne Glimcher (who made the lackluster Mambo Kings) coerces everyone with simplistic plot manipulations. Characters are given no depth, and the actors are pawns moved about like pieces on a Clue gameboard. --Dave McCoy
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 One of the best stories and best casts I've ever seen February 9, 2009
R. Kyle (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Eight years ago, Bobby Earl (Blair Underwood) was sentenced to death for killing a little girl. His 'confession' was extracted in about the most brutal manner I think they allowed on film at that time. Officer Tanny Brown (Laurence Fishburne) plays the cool Black Southern cop who took that confession.
Just as Bobby is about to die Evangeline Earl (Ruby Dee) contacts Paul Armstrong (Sean Connery) an opponent of the death penalty and retired lawyer, for help. Armstrong takes the case, despite strong misgivings and comes to the Southern town where Earl once lived.
He encounters anger and opposition. Understandable, since the murdered little girl was very popular and a friend of Tanny Brown's young daughter as well.
He goes to the prison to meet Bobby Earl and Blair Sullivan (Ed Harris), a serial killing psychopath. The plot twists as both men work Armstrong for their own purposes.
I've seen "Just Cause" several times and each one, I see more. Moreover, the hair still rises on the back of my neck when I watch. It's a strong story, well acted, and suspenseful. "Just Cause" will leave you thinking for days to come.
Rebecca Kyle, February 2009
 Just how bad is the system for black people? February 8, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
In this movie the question seems to be "How evil is evil?"
When the police in a local Floria town beat and torture a confession out of a young black man, he asks his grandmother to see a noted Harvard professor and get his help.
The complications start about there and involve a mass murderer.
It ain't over until it is over,
but the question still remains, how many black people confess in small Florida towns just to stop the torture?
Just Cause Review November 30, 2008
Linda K Smith (IN United States)
This is a spell-binding movie - partially filmed at Babcock Farms in Punta Gorda, FL. I have shared the movie with family and friends and they all love it! Great twists and suspense.
Great movie July 14, 2008
T. Hamilton (Jax, Florida)
Just when you thought, the story line twist and turns, and takes you with it.
 Just Cause Review May 23, 2008
Manny M. Agah
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The movie starts off nicely but ends up to be ridiculous and unconvincing. The actors are basically wasted. The only good thing about this film is James Newton Howard's fine score.
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