Final Justice (1998) (TV)

Director:

Tommy Lee Wallace

Writer (WGA):

Babs Greyhosky (written by)

Release Date:

1 June 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A brother's murder. A killer set free. A woman's had enough.

Plot:

A teacher kidnaps the attorney who successfully defended her gay brother's killer.

Plot Keywords:

Acquitted Of Murder | Independent Film

Cast

Annette O'Toole	...	Gwen Saticoy
Michael McKean	...	Merle Hammond
Brian Wimmer	...	Mark Sherman
Mary Marsh	...	Barbara Saticoy
David Meyers	...	Assistant D.A. Potts
Robert Shampain	...	Art DeSoto
CCH Pounder	...	Danielle Kline
George Fosgate	...	Gordon Osborne
Tobias Andersen	...	Father Halligan
Sam A. Mowry	...	Judge Czarneki
Karen Trumbo	...	Judge Rosaria
Duffy Epstein	...	George Saticoy
Kevin Loomis	...	Damon Benning
Sharonlee McLean	...	Coroner
Todd Hermanson	...	Detective Partner

Runtime:

Brazil:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Portland, Oregon, USA

Company:

Gleneagle Productions

Quotes:

Hammond's lawyer: [during Gwen's trial] Miss Saticoy, do you feel remorse for your actions?
Gwen Saticoy: I wish I hadn't done what I did.
Hammond's lawyer: So you wouldn't have kidnapped Merle Hammond if you had the choice to do it again...? You don't know? What kind of remorse is that?
Gwen Saticoy: It's not about remorse.
Hammond's lawyer: That was the original question.
Gwen Saticoy: I can't say what decision I'd make again in the same situation, in the same state of mind.
Hammond's lawyer: So you're telling me, under those circumstances, you WOULD kidnap and torture and commit a felony again?
Gwen Saticoy: To say yes or no to that would be lying.
[...]

Soundtrack:

MURDER IN THE STREETS

Vigilante Garbage

A woman takes a defense attorney hostage, subjects him to a nice game of Russian Roulette and other threats and humiliations--then relies on the tricks of another attorney to get her off the hook for it.

Her jaw-dropping hypocrisy could have been the basis for a nice melodrama, but no, this is pure "Lifetime"-style "man-baaaad woman-gooood" constipation, so she is presented at worst as "pushed over the edge by injustice"--and at best as America's Greatest Hero.

The judge at her trial and her attorney are ridiculously unprofessional--but they're women, so it's "okay." Her victim--and his fellow lawyers? Man baaaaaaaad.

Put "Final Justice" to this test: pretend you're the defense attorney. Because you do your job, someone takes YOU hostage, holds you at gunpoint, tortures you with death threats, then walks away free--fully capable of doing it all over again.

Is she your hero now?