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The relationship between an unproven lawyer and the female convict he attempts to save from execution is detailed in this death-row drama. Sharon Stone plays against type as Cindy Liggett, convicted o... read more read more...f murder at the age of 19, who has spent over a decade in prison awaiting execution. Having resigned herself to her eventual death, she cares little when her case falls into the hands of newly appointed clemency board attorney Rick Hayes (Rob Morrow). Hayes devotes himself to her case, however, and uncovers several inconsistencies regarding her earlier trial. Seeing a chance to save Liggett's life, Hayes fights for a stay of execution but finds himself facing opposition from powerful political figures and even Liggett herself. Largely ignored at the box office, the film suffered in comparison to Dead Man Walking (1995), the Academy Award-winning drama whose treatment of the death penalty theme may still have been fresh in the minds of audiences. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Bruce Beresford

Release Date: May 3, 1996

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DVD Release Date: April 8, 2003

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  • xxdebxx
    September 7, 2011
    xxdebxx
    Rick Hayes (Rob Morrow) is a young lawyer who gets a new job and is assigned a clemency case on Cindy Liggett (Sharon Stone) who has been on death row for 12 years for double murder of a wealthy man's son and his girlfriend. Rick tries to save Cindy from execution but her chances... read more for clemency are shaped by local politics. (Jack Thompson plays the Governor, Randy Quaid is Rick's veteran boss and Peter Gallagher is his chief of staff, as well as being Rick's brother.) But Rick is determined to slay the dragons for her against predictably hopeless odds and moves heaven and earth to save her from death by lethal injection as the countdown to D-Day draws closer.
  • plui100
    July 12, 2006
    plui100
    Not all that exciting and nothing really happens until the third act. As far as prison movies go, the beginning was dragged and it took a long time to pick up. Needs quite a bit of improvement to make it a more enjoyable movie!

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Mike Clark
January 1, 2000
Mike Clark, USA Today

If this is a dance, the band has left the stand, and the bus boys are already mopping up melted ice.

Michael Dequina
January 7, 2005
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

Too manufactured and 'Hollywood' to elicit any real emotion. Full Review

Steve Crum
January 3, 2005
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

Both Stone and Morrow are terrific and convincing. (published 5-10-96)

David N. Butterworth
January 1, 2000
David N. Butterworth, rec.arts.movies.reviews

As dances go, this Sharon Stone drama is a slow one-step with no chance of appeal. Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum
September 7, 2011
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

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Derek Elley
August 6, 2008
Derek Elley, Variety

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August 25, 2002
Boston Globe

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Clive Barnes
July 13, 2002
Clive Barnes, New York Post

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Peter Travers
May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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Kenneth Turan
February 14, 2001
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

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