Anchor Bay Films has released the trailer for BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, which you can watch using the media player below. Remake of the 1956 Frisz Lang classic film noir film of the same title in which a writer’s plan to expose a corrupt district attorney takes an unexpected turn. I haven’t seen the original, but this trailer reminds me of those early 90s cheap sex/crime thrillers with poor quality ala Jeff Fahey films, I was actually expecting the trailer to end with ‘coming soon to DVD’ instead of a theatrical release month.
And Jesse Metcalfe, to me, will forever be nothing but that gardener who slept with Mrs. Soliz, Eva Longoria’s hottie character from TV’s Desperate Housewives.
High profile lawyer, Martin Hunter (Michael Douglas) has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist, C.J. Nichols (Jesse Metcalfe) begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney’s perfect record is up for scrutiny.
Commencing a risky game of cat and mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to catch the corrupt D.A. in the act.
Romantically involved with C.J. but unaware of his assignment, Assistant D.A. Ella (Amber Tamblyn) becomes caught between her boss’s political ambitions and C.J.’s dangerous expose. As mounting evidence stacks up against both men, Ella’s own life becomes threatened as she discovers incriminating proof that puts the fate of both Nichol’s innocence and Hunter’s reputation in her hands.
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT opens September 11th, 2009
