Product Details

• Actors: Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young, Joe Don Baker
• Directors: Martin Campbell
• Format: Color, Subtitled, Anamorphic
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: June 12, 2007
• Run Time: 117 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000OPOAPM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #34,276 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Criminal Law" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Gary Oldman, hot off his success in Sid and Nancy and Prick Up Your Ears, went Hollywood with this stenciled thriller, which came minus many thrills. The most impressive thing about it is his American accent. Otherwise, there's not much to recommend this Martin Campbell film. Oldman plays a hotshot defense attorney in Boston who, in a highly publicized case, gets rich playboy Kevin Bacon acquitted of murder--only to realize afterward that Bacon is not just guilty, but a serial killer who has gone on a spree again. So the lawyer takes the law into his own hands and finds himself overmatched in a battle of wits with the murderer. But then, this whole movie is overmatched in the wits department. --Marshall Fine

Product Description

A lawyer discovers that his client freed of murder charges is actually guilty and that he is now the murderer's next victim.Runtime: 117 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 027616077202 Manufacturer No: M107720

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Principal Achivement In The Suspense-Thriller Genre, June 23, 2000

By	Gus Mauro "coolbrezze" (Brandon,mb) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Criminal Law (1989) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a thriiler worthy of high ranking Gary oldman plays the defense attorney who gets psycho Kevin Bacon aquitted of murder charges and then soon realizes the big mistake he made when his cilent starts taunting him by killing again and again. Noteworthy performaces all around and backed up by a memorable film score. If you want to see Kevin Bacon in a different role that expands his acting capabilties see this film, as for Gary Oldman this is one of his most acomplished works. A far cry from his usual bad guy over the edge type characters. I love this film!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Criminal Law: A landmark in the careers of Bacon & Oldman, January 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Criminal Law (1989) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Criminal Law, released in 1989, gave a door-opening opportunity for Gary Oldman to enter the world of "real" Hollywood movies, and provided an opportunity for Kevin bacon to demonstrate his talent in a career slow spell. The plot is a well constructed thriller with Bacon playing the malevolent client of Gary Oldman's maverick neophyte criminal lawyer. Oldman gives an excellent portrayal of a young egotist torn between the oath of client confidentiality and the knowledge that his client is guilty. Bacon is brilliant as the cold genius client. A third very creditable performance is delivered by Joe-Don Baker who plays a tenacious wizened investigator. Overall the script provides for a tense thriller with much food for thought, laying the groundwork for similar movies one and a half decades later such as "Seven" and "Kiss the girls". I'd recommend it highly, but not on a dark rainy night if you're alone.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Principal Achivement In The Suspense-Thriller Genre, June 23, 2000

By	Gus Mauro "coolbrezze" (Brandon,mb) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Criminal Law (1989) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a thriiler worthy of high ranking Gary oldman plays the defense attorney who gets psycho Kevin Bacon aquitted of murder charges and then soon realizes the big mistake he made when his cilent starts taunting him by killing again and again. Noteworthy performaces all around and backed up by a memorable film score. If you want to see Kevin Bacon in a different role that expands his acting capabilties see this film, as for Gary Oldman this is one of his most acomplished works. A far cry from his usual bad guy over the edge type characters. I love this film!