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Guilty as Sin (1993)

Rate: 6
Viewed: 12/12

12/12: Don Johnson is so cool that he can smoke a billion of cigarettes and still look great tanned.

Don Johnson is so cool that he can kill people without breaking a sweat, and he's so cool that he can get his head split open after a spectacular fall. Guilty as Sin is directed by Sidney Lumet, and because of him, I had high expectations prior to seeing it. Well, the film sort of reaches them yet comes out as a clunker due to the disappointing ending.

Not much happens at the end; Jennifer and David both fall out of the building, he dies, and the female lawyer survives. And it's over...just like that. Rebecca De Mornay, of course, looks hot for a lawyer and is too cool to play one.

Hmm, I think the word "cool" is being overused here, and that's the problem with the film. There's too much coolness and confidence, so am I supposed to believe people can do this easily when it comes to murder? Anyway, I like the casting of Jack Warden, but much more can be done with his character.

All in all, Don Johnson (mostly) and Rebecca De Mornay make Guilty as Sin entirely watchable.

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