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Under Suspicion
2000 110 min United States of America R 16+
★6.2
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Director: Stephen Hopkins
🎭 Based on
«The Inquisitor»
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Description
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.
Budget:
$25M
US Gross:
$260,562
Worldwide:
$1.31M
Starring
Morgan Freeman
Actor
Gene Hackman
Actor
Thomas Jane
Actor
Awards
2 nominations
Key opinion
Under Suspicion is a claustrophobic psychological thriller that centers on a high-stakes interrogation between a powerful lawyer and a determined police captain. While critics and audiences acknowledge the film's status as a compelling showcase for its lead actors, opinions are divided on whether the shift from a systemic social drama to an intimate character study results in a profound masterpiece or a hollow, overly simplified adaptation.
| Acting | Gene Hackman delivers a commanding performance, effectively portraying a complex transformation from an arrogant, untouchable figure to a vulnerable, broken man. | |
| Theme | The psychological interrogation scenes effectively build tension and maintain viewer ambiguity regarding the truth until the final moments. | |
| Acting | The film succeeds as a focused character study driven by the powerful chemistry between the two leads, Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman. | |
| Adaptation | While some find the intellectual duel between the characters riveting, others argue that stripping away the systemic social commentary of the original source material leaves the narrative feeling hollow. |