

When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, the judge and the jury hostage...and begins a trial of his own.
Acting
Pullman goes full desperate dad energy but make him a cop with a gun.
Writing
The courtroom-as-hostage-situation premise commits harder than it should.

Director
Heywood Gould
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dropped smack in the middle of 90s 'tough on crime' hysteria and post-OJ anxiety about courtroom theatrics.
Heywood Gould wrote Fort Apache the Bronx and Cocktail—this is him doing prestige TV movie trash and loving it.