Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood), Oakland Tribune journalist with a passion for women and alcohol, is given the coverage of the upcoming execution of murderer Frank Louis Beachum (Isaiah Washington). His attractive colleague Michelle Ziegler (Mary McCormack) died in a car accident the night before. Bob Findley (Denis Leary), Steve's boss and husband to Steve's current affair, wants him dead and gone as soon as possible. When Steve stumbles across the possibility of Frank Louis ... (Full plot summary below)
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Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood), Oakland Tribune journalist with a passion for women and alcohol, is given the coverage of the upcoming execution of murderer Frank Louis Beachum (Isaiah Washington). His attractive colleague Michelle Ziegler (Mary McCormack) died in a car accident the night before. Bob Findley (Denis Leary), Steve's boss and husband to Steve's current affair, wants him dead and gone as soon as possible. When Steve stumbles across the possibility of Frank Louis Beachum being innocently on death row, Bob feels his time to have come. Now Steve only has a few hours left to prove the innocence of Frank and to be right with this theory, as he definitely will be history if he's not.
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| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonEastwood handles it professionally, intelligently, and beautifully. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonTrue Crime gives you sleaze on toast--a heap of tabloid bathos, a dusting of high-mindedness, a dash of gallows humor. It's a bizarre concoction, but it's riveting. |
| Entertainment WeeklyMarc BernardinWoefully misconceived reporter-saves-innocent-man-from-execution cheese grater. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIt would be even better if Eastwood followed his character's lead and emphasized "real issues" over "human interest" in a story that touches on important social problems without doing much to illuminate them. |
| Austin ChronicleRussell SmithWhen Eastwood is at the top of his form -- as he is for much of this film -- there's no more spellbinding storyteller in American cinema. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyEastwood's latest picture boasts tight storytelling, sharp acting and an eye for unexpected, enlivening detail. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirAn electrically paced and brilliantly acted death-row thriller. |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellDirected by Eastwood with righteous indignation and increasingly strong momentum. |
| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannIt's hokey, implausible and packed with red herrings, and yet it's a lot of fun. |
| CNN.comPaul TataraIt's all wrong; Eastwood is even miscast. |
