a compelling thriller . and 10 december 2005 author representlittlehammer16787 from united statesjust causestarring representsean connery and laurence fishburne and and blair underwood . a liberal and though good hearted harvard law professor paul armstrong be convoke to the flordia everglades by unjustly convict black guy bobby earl . confess that sadistic and cold hearted cop vilifyied and beat him to a pulp to get the confession of a gruesome murder of an eleven year old girl . a he dig far and far into the mysterious case he realize that bobby earl be a victim of discrimination . that the black police detective lt. tanny brown of the small community be corrupt and villainously mean . when the infamous and psychotic serial killer blair sullivan be introduce . he discover that he know the location of the murder weapon that butcher the little girl . when armstrong find that there be lucid coincidence of sullivan road trip through the small town and the letter he personally write . bobby earl get a re trial . be unfettered from prison and elude his horrific punishment . all seem swimmingly well until an unexpected phone call from serial killer sullivan come into focus . armstrong discovers a lurid double kill which happen to be sullivan parent . whom he immensely detest . sullivan divulge to armstrong the truth of joanie shriver heinous murder and why he be bring here . it turn out that bobby earl be a psychopathic murderer and he really do rape and kill joanie shriver . he just merely strike a bargain with fiendish psycho sullivan . to get loose so he could kill again for revenge . upon armstrong beautiful wife and daughter . now sullivan be execute to his death . armstrong and tough good guy brown chase the malevolent villain to the everglades in order to thwart him . when they arrive armstrong learns that the psychotic sicko bobby earl plan to kill his wife and daughter for a former rape trial that inevitably make him endure agonize pain and castration . but good and virtuous cop brown emerges and thwart the brutal baddie . be stabbed and eat by ruthless and man eat alligator . paul armstrong and tanny brown and his wife and and daughter survive and live happily ever after . a good thriller that work . delivers both mystery and subterfuge . how reluctant black be haze by racist lawman . sentence to unfair penalty . even though sometimes the wrongfully convict innocent and friendly black man may in truth be the vicious baddie . sean connery be great a the oblivious and holy than thou hero . laurence fishburne be watchably amazing a the mean and arrogant and but good guy cop . underwood and harris be over the top and invigorate a the malevolent psycho . capeshaw be okay . ruby dee be great a the tenacious grandmother . the rest of the cast be wonderful as well .