Correcta adaptación de la novela de John Grisham sobre un joven abogado que intenta salvar a su abuelo de la cámara de gas. Cuando quedan tan sólo 28 días para la ejecución, Adam Hall (Chris O'Donnell) se dispone a reconstruir los hechos hasta llegar al crimen por el que Sam (Gene Hackman) fue condenado. El guión de William Goldman y Chris Reese articula con brillantez este alegato contra el racismo y la pena de muerte; pero la puesta es escena de James Foley -Glengarry Glen Ross (Éxito a cualquier precio)- ralentiza en exceso la acción.
Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only four weeks before Sam Cayhall is to be executed, Adam meets his grandfather for the first time in the Mississippi prison which has held him since the crime. The meeting is predictably tense when the educated, young Mr. "Hall" confronts his venom-spewing elder, Mr. "Cayhall," about the murders. The next day, headlines run proclaiming Adam the grandson who has come to the state to save his grandfather, the infamous Ku Klux Klan bomber. While the old man's life lies in the balance, Adam's motivation in fighting this battle becomes clear as the story unfolds. Not only does he fight for his grandfather, but perhaps for himself as well. He has come to heal the wounds of his own father's suicide...
"Muy recomendable" (Fernando Morales: Diario El País)
"Drama antiracista con alma de telefilme" (Luis Martínez: Diario El País)
Estupendas interpretaciones en un filme duro. El Coleccionista.


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