Amazon.co.uk Review
Odd teaming of man-of-integrity A-list studio director Sidney Lumet (
Twelve Angry Men,
Serpico,
The Verdict) with muckraking, lively independent screenwriter Larry Cohen (
It's Alive,
God Told Me To,
Q: The Winged Serpent), the court-room drama
Guilty As Sin relies rather heavily on the plot of
Jagged Edge. Jack Warden reprises Robert Loggia's grumpy but decent private-eye role exactly, while ice-maiden lawyer Rebecca De Mornay is ensnared in a web of duplicity and violence by her client (Don Johnson), accused of murdering his wife. It hasn't got the gravitas of Lumet's best or the maniacal energy of top-rate Cohen film, but as a no-brain thriller it offers a couple of edgy, interesting star performances, with Johnson in particular cutting loose from his image with a display of razor-edged smiling charm as the killer gigolo. --
Kim Newman
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