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Under Suspicion (2000)
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When a powerful man is accused of murder, who tells the truth -- the man, or his estranged wife? Henry Hearst (Gene Hackman), an American attorney living in Puerto Rico, is called in to speak with police detective Victor Benezet (Morgan Freeman). A few days earlier, Hearst reported finding the body of a 12-year-old girl while taking his dog for a walk; however, investigators now believe that Hearst may have had a greater involvement in the crime than he's admitting. Under intense questioning by a confident young cop named Owens (Thomas Jane) and gentler but firm interrogation from Benezet, several cracks begin to appear in Hearst's story, but he's able to persuade the police to allow him to leave long enough to take part in a fund-raising function he'd promised to attend. However, upon his return, Hearst discovers that Benezet and Owens have been questioning someone else -- his wife Chantal (Monica Bellucci), who has been on poor terms with her husband for some time. Under Suspicion was based on the novel Brainwash by John Wainwright, which was previously filmed by French director Claude Miller as Garde a vue. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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"It's an interesting box drama, and given its huge stars -- Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman -- it's amazing this is a "First on Max" thriller. "
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04 February 2008
"Intense psychological drama in which lawyer Henry Hearst, accused of rape and murder, spends a dark night of the soul under interrogation by ambitious police chief Benezet - who also happens to be a friend of old. "
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03 February 2008
"Once the wrong director has been selected, it's rather hard to turn back and so, instead of Monsieur Miller, his sensitivity for highly-charged dialogue and way with claustrophobia and nuance, we have the blundering Stephen Hopkins. "
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"Under Suspicion , a remake of Claude Miller's 1981 French fave Garde Vue, uses a Caribbean festival as a backdrop for a mesmerizing mind teaser about a police captain (Morgan Freeman) who tries to goad a prominent tax attorney (Gene Hackman) into confessing that he raped and murdered two little girls. "
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"An intense, psychological thriller, with veteran Police Captain Victor Benezet (Freeman) squaring off against prominent tax attorney Henry Hearst (Hackman) -- two life-hardened and well-matched opponents motivated by reasons more complex and personal than the pursuit of duty or the defense of reputation. "
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