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Very well executed

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I just happened to catch this movie on Charge! TV. Amazingly great and a thrill to watch. I read more about the story and timeline and here are some thoughts.Wikipedia said some lady named "Cynthia Langston" from some film critic association and she did not say anything really nice about it. Too bad she only had two other critic reviews in her resume there otherwise I would have tolerated her opinion. I have to dismiss her professional opinion. Unfortunately the hundreds of positive reviews outshine the few negative reviews. Too bad the budget versus box office numbers are not up-to-date. Even a B movie can become a Classic over time. This one could become a classic due to the repeat of our times with China.Living is America is a birthright for some, and a celebration for those who migrate here. Not everyone has traveled the world or gone to 3rd world countries, and if they did, they might understand how poetic this story line has teeth and beauty, and a glimpse of how hard and strict other countries are with their laws; zero tolerance.Bravo Richard Gere, Bai Ling, and Jon Avnet, and Robert King !! great script!! Bravo!!I liked the movie! I encourage others to watch it too...Andy Publisher and ghost writer of The Appellant series - Mila's story

This is a really boring and probably unrealistic movie.I don't believe the Chinese authorities would treat a foreign man accused of murder like they do i in this film. They would not refuse him to speak to an official from the US Embassy and they would not refuse him a lawyer from his own country. This is just a typical prejudicial way to represent China in American movies.That having been said I've never seen a movie before with such a promising premise, being made so utterly boring.Geres character is not very likable from the start so as an audience we really don't care what happens to him. We don't get to know him at all before he is arrested and he is acting completely irrational several times during the trial. The worst moment in his movie is when he, after having successfully escaped and gotten to the US embassy, out of some misguided stupid loyalty to his Chinese lawyer,gives himself up again to the Chinese authority, knowing they will shoot him even though he is innocent. At that point I was thinking: this guy is a moron with a death wish, just shoot him already so the movie can end. And during his escape he can outrun and out-bike-ride armed men, some of the on motorcycles. Give me a break.Don't waste time on this crap unless you have trouble sleeping. In that case this movie is the perfect sleeping pill.The

I picked this movie late one night as I was having trouble falling asleep and because of the mostly negative reviews I had read about it, thought it would soon put me to sleep.I am a fan of neither Richard Gere nor Bai Ling but found myself soon being drawn into the unfolding drama and getting more alert and interested, instead of drowsy, as the movie progressed.Both leads turned in solidly strong and very believable performances (Bai Ling really surprised me) and I really loved the handling of the developing relationship between their characters. Instead of taking a turn into romance or eroticism(an easy and tempting directorial path) the focus instead was on how they come to understand and truly appreciate each other for what each is, and isn't, to the point that both don't hesitate to take great risks for the other's sake.The depiction of mainland Chinese bureaucracy and corruption (at the time) is by all accounts, accurate. I found the courtroom drama tense and riveting. The ending is poignant and fitting, though in the end you can't help but wish they stay together.An under-appreciated movie. See it if you get the chance; you could do far, far worse.

Overall, this isn't a bad movie. It's a pretty decent courtroom drama - sort of "Law & Order Beijing." It's got a lot of suspense, and it provides a fascinating glimpse of the inner workings of the Chinese justice system. I offer that last point with the proviso, of course, that the star of this movie is Richard Gere, and Gere is known for having a somewhat anti-Chinese (or, more accurately, anti-People's Republic of China) outlook. The view of China presented here is an ominous one - and that's not entirely fabricated. I travelled to China a few years ago. I never got in trouble with the law (thank goodness!) but still when you're walking through Tienanmen Square and a column of Chinese soldiers suddenly comes marching right toward you shouting at you, you know that the basic message (even though you don't speak Chinese) is "get out of the way or we'll trample you!" So, yes, even in completely unthreatening circumstances, there are vaguely threatening elements to being in China.In this movie, Gere plays Jack Moore, an American businessman trying to close a deal in China, who picks up a girl at a nightclub. She ends up being murdered in his hotel room, he's the prime suspect and it's clear that "the system" has decided he's guilty before he even goes on trial and the court flat out refuses to hear any evidence that supports him and challenges the obviously pre-arranged verdict. How Moore can triumph over this system is the issue.All that's pretty good. Gere's performance is good. The problem is the "one American man takes on the entire People's Republic of China" scenario. Yes, Moore had a court appointed defence lawyer (played by a young U.S. based Chinese actress named Ling Bai) who becomes increasingly sympathetic to him and wants to prove his innocence, but essentially Moore does it all himself. Even in the courtroom, he essentially takes over the case, questioning witnesses - even when his lawyer is there. That all was a bit too much, and it strained the movie's credibility too far. Still, it's an entertaining and suspenseful if perhaps implausible couple of hours.