an absolutely wretched movie . i catch the first twenty minute of this on the fox movie channel and and be so intrigued that i rush out and rent it last night and after finish a 3 half year project . here be 90 minute of my life i would love to have back . the film have a splendid cast . michael douglas and hal holbook and james b. sikking and sharon gless ( in a thankless role ) . it begin intriguingly and like a half breed of the parallax view and early grisham a high suspense legal thriller that hit the audience with a gripping and involve problem represent a young judge ( douglas ) be so faithful to the law that he send a number of sociopath free on legal technicality and and then feel overwhelm guilt when innocent citizen be murder by the scum he release . this be a wonderful and exciting theme while the judge guilt and anger be palpable . but the film spend the remain hour jerk the audience around so frantically that the viewer will feel like jerk back . it go out of it way to convince the audience that an illegal problem introduce to solve it early dilemma ( a secret society of dissatisfied judge who murder the scuzzbags who have be let loose ) be justifiable and laudable and then it double back and spend the rest of the movie contradict itself and try to prove that such a solution be morally repugnant . what the hell . the result represent one feel a sense of overwhelm nausea and depression . the film trap the viewer in a depressing web of nihilistic futility . i also find the subplot involve two child murderer and the glimpse of a child bloody and sever leg unspeakably depress . this be one to avoid .