From Amazon Prime:
A man plagiarizes a novel that becomes a best seller, and he becomes the FBI’s number one suspect when it is revealed that the book is a factual account of a series of murders.
From IMDB:
After a lawyer gets disbarred, he goes off to write a book about his experience. He meets a man who lets him read his manuscript. The man dies and the lawyer passes the book off as his. Just when the book becomes a big success. He gets arrested for the true life murders of the five lawyers in his book. He then finds himself, trying to prove that he is innocent of the murders.
From Amazon Prime you can stream this 1 hour 41 minute complete film.
Although this 21 year old film has many flaws, the story was clever enough to keep me interested. Lawyer Lawson Russel (played by Cuba Gooding Jr. ) is framed in a spectacular and cleverly calculated manner. He will be helped by his friend Elizabeth Pope (played by Marianne Jean-Baptiste who also played Vivian Johnson in Without a Trace). He will be pursued by Detective Clifford Dubose (played by Tom Berenger).
What are the flaws in this somewhat mediocre film? First, the good news is that you need not let the suspense get to you because, secondly the plot turns that help Lawson get out of jams are numerous and too good to be true. After he is trapped in a web of impeccably constructed clues for the police, if you are streaming, just look at the remaining time in the film. How on earth, you might ask yourself, in just a half hour can this mess ever be resolved? Stay tuned for an unexpected ending.
Who cares? Just enjoy the super resourceful Lawson Russel and the fun of the chase.
