physical evidence be one of those film that you want to like but really should be a lot good than it actually be . develop a a sequel to jag edge for glenn close and robert loggia and it give the impression that all involve only make it while they be wait for something well to come along . the premise be perfectly serviceable and it mostly technically efficient if horribly uninspired with even henry mancini musacky score surprisingly pleasant and but you can not help feeling that thing would have turn out good if one of the lead have turn out to be the killer ( a be rumour be originally the case ) . a the opening scene of his little see and personally disastrous heat ( 1986 ) show and reynolds have all the making of a great screen villain . a be and there be few surprise and a feeling of half hearted filming by number a it build up a head of intertia a it amble disinterestedly towards a less than grand will this do . finale . reynolds be fine and sail through on charisma in what be clearly a star vehicle . unfortunately and the same can not be say of theresa russell . an impressive and fearless actress in husband nic roeg film which allow her to delve into the darker side of human nature and she trap in a part that require star quality rather than depth and and she ain not get it in spade . she doesn not fluff her line or bump into the other actor and but that about all that can be say in favour of her astonishingly stilted and often amateurish performance that let the film down badly . aside from ned beatty prosecutor the support cast add only a slightly surreal presence in a boston where everyone seem to have a badly disguise canadian accent and the street bear a startling resemblance to toronto and montreal . likewise and director michael crichton and who in westworld and coma and the first great train robbery show that he know how to lean an audience to the edge of their seat and seem to handle the action in a purely perfunctory fashion indeed and in one brief chase the shot do not even match and seem throw together almost arbitrarily . the climax itself have no flair and be completely bereft of threat or danger and and many scene be play for far less than they be worth . it no great surprise that and aside from uncredited reshoots on the 13th warrior and crichton hasn not direct since . it watchable enough in an 80 tv movie sort of way and even if it never live up to the promise of it opening . whether that enough of a reason to see it be down to individual taste .