Rent A Time to Kill (1996)
3.6 of 5 from 166 ratings
2h 23min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey and Kevin Spacey portray the principals in a murder trial that brings a small Mississippi town’s racial tensions to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamour and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young attorney mounts a stirring courtroom battle for justice.
- Actors:
- Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Oliver Platt, Charles S. Dutton, Brenda Fricker, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, Patrick McGoohan, Ashley Judd, Tonea Stewart, Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, Darrin Mitchell, LaConte McGrew, Devin Lloyd, John Diehl, Chris Cooper, Nicky Katt, Doug Hutchison
- Directors:
- Joel Schumacher
- Writers:
- John Grisham, Akiva Goldsman
- Aka:
- Tiempo de matar
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- People of the Pictures, Remembering Donald Sutherland, Remembering M. Emmet Walsh, Remembering Val Kilmer
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/03/2009
- Run Time:
- 150 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, Portuguese Dolby Digital 2.0
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Theatrical trailer
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Reviews (4) of A Time to Kill
Justice in the Deep South - A Time to Kill review by CP Customer
For those who like court room dramas, this film will fit the bill. It drips the atmosphere of the deep south through the settings and characters. Although some aspects of the film are a little mechanical, as a whole this film worked for me because of the tantalising relationship between McConaughey and Bullock and their fight for justice in a small town. Kevin Spacey's performance as a politically-driven DA is superb. The legal arguments are at times outrageous - but then isn't that true to life in the American court room?
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Vintage Grisham - A Time to Kill review by CP Customer
If you liked The Firm or The Pelican Brief you will appreciate the John Grisham style. This film tackles issues of race through the "lawyer up against the system" genre which is Grisham's forte.
Well above average film. Not quite in the firm / pelican brief's league but well worth a look
2 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
Powerful & Entertaining Courtroom Drama - A Time to Kill review by GI
A powerful courtroom drama adapted from a John Grisham novel. It's thought provoking, tense and moving and highlights the stark and disturbing racism and flawed justice system of the USA especially in the southern states. When a ten year old girl is brutally raped, tortured and left for dead by two drunken rednecks her father is convinced that because she's black it's unlikely the two will be properly punished. So he murders them and finds himself on trial for the killings and the potential of the death penalty. Samuel L. Jackson plays the father and Matthew McConaughey is the inexperienced but idealistic lawyer that defends him. The film is an unflinching examination of racism that at times is a little simplistic and clumsy in its attempts to push the themes of a society that has deep rooted corruption and racism and it could be argued it's a little overly long but it's a film that keeps you watching. The stellar cast includes Sandra Bullock, Kiefer and Donald Sutherland, Ashley Judd and Patrick McGoohan. But this is McConaughey's film as he has the central role which he carries with confidence.
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.