I'll cut to the chase... I never read the novel on which it's based nor know the writer but saw this TV version because it stars Scott Glenn despite the low score and he often manages to be better than the movies he does, and here it was once again the case.
Elizabeth Tannenbaum (Brooke Shields) is a defense attorney that has just won a case of domestic violence when she is hired by reclusive and shady businessman Martin Darius (Glenn) to defend him against allegations of having murdered many young women, a private investigator and then dumped all the bodies in a construction site because there lots of holes can be covered easily. Unfortunately Darius' past comes back to him and Elizabeth has to race against time for finding the real killer before he can strike again, and she ends up helped by district attorney Alan Page (Lou Diamond Phillips) and Raymond Colby (William Atherton) once he becomes a US Senator and works for the Department of justice.
The idea was good and it could make for a decent TV movie. The problems are that the movie itself was a bit too long: I mean, was there a need of making it 3 hours long? It could have been easily split in a two parts' miniseries. And the subject itself is a bit scary if you think about it.
Not an exceptional TV thriller but still a decent one if you don't have absolutely anything to do.
Elizabeth Tannenbaum (Brooke Shields) is a defense attorney that has just won a case of domestic violence when she is hired by reclusive and shady businessman Martin Darius (Glenn) to defend him against allegations of having murdered many young women, a private investigator and then dumped all the bodies in a construction site because there lots of holes can be covered easily. Unfortunately Darius' past comes back to him and Elizabeth has to race against time for finding the real killer before he can strike again, and she ends up helped by district attorney Alan Page (Lou Diamond Phillips) and Raymond Colby (William Atherton) once he becomes a US Senator and works for the Department of justice.
The idea was good and it could make for a decent TV movie. The problems are that the movie itself was a bit too long: I mean, was there a need of making it 3 hours long? It could have been easily split in a two parts' miniseries. And the subject itself is a bit scary if you think about it.
Not an exceptional TV thriller but still a decent one if you don't have absolutely anything to do.