Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz...
Runtime:
-
MPAA Rating:
-
In Theaters:
20 April 2007 USA
Distribution:
Distribution Company,
Entertainment Film Distributors,
FS Film Oy,
Fox-Warner,
Karo Premiere,
Metropolitan Filmexport,
New Line Cinema,
RCV Film Distribution,
SF Film A/S,
Warner Bros.
If you look close enough, you'll find everyone has a weak spot.
An attorney intent on climbing the career ladder toward success, finds an unlikely opponent in a manipulative criminal he's trying to prosecute.
Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot who's soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it's an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum's weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy's a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in ways he predicts.