just cause take some of the best part of three film and cape fear and a touch of evil and silence of the lamb and mix it together to come up with a good thriller of a film . sean connery be a liberal law professor and marry to a former assistant district attorney and kate capshaw and he a crusader against capital punishment . blair underwood grandmother ruby dee buttonhole connery at a conference and persuade him to handle her grandson appeal . he sit on death row for the murder of a young girl . when connery arrive in this rural florida county he up against a tough sheriff play by laurence fishburne who about a ruthless in his crime solving a orson welles be in touch of evil . later on after connery get the verdict set aside with evidence he uncover and he feel pretty good about himself . at that point the film take a decided turn from touch of evil to cape fear . to say that all be not what it seem be to put it mildly . the cast uniformly turn in some good performance . special mention must be make of ed harris who play a hannibal lecter like serial killer on death row with underwood . he will make your skin crawl and he start make connery rethink some of those comfortable liberal premise he be base his conviction on . many a confirmed liberal i have know have come out think quite differently once they have become a crime victim . of course the reverse be equally true . many a law and order conservative if they ever get involve on the wrong end of the criminal justice system want to make real sure all his right be indeed guarantee . criminal justice be not an end and but a process and a never end one at that for all society . i guess if just cause have a moral that would probably be it .