Bindley went on to make the wholesome 2005 sports drama ‘Madison’ starring Jim Caviezel and Bruce Dern. Writer-director by William Bindley handles the material well in only his second feature. Also in the cast is Lisa Blount as a District Attorney, the much under-rated Dabney Coleman as the victim, and as a senior judge the great Kevin McCarthy, still giving strong performances at 80. Previously seen in ‘The Body Snatchers’ (’93), Billy Wirth is also good as Bedelia’s young lover, a would-be artist and sometime distraction in the judge’s unhappy marriage.
A terrific actress, Bedelia is perhaps best known as the wife of Bruce Willis in the ‘Die Hard’ movies. I’ve been a fan of Bonnie’s ever since seeing her in the superb 1969 movies ‘The Gypsy Moths’ and ‘They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?’, and it was nice seeing her carrying a movie rather than just being the support. In a rare leading role, Bonnie Bedelia’s excellent performance lifts the movie above the standard crime thriller fare. It has a few steamy moments, especially the opening murder scene on a train, but it also has the feel of a television movie, probably due to its low budget. Although Gwen is assigned as the judge in this case, unfortunately for her most of the evidence points to herself as the killer.Īlthough the story is nothing new, the eventual unraveling of the mystery, coupled with the surprise villain, makes the movie a very enjoyable watch. Soon afterward, her old mentor and close friend Charles Mayron (Dabney Coleman) is murdered late one night in his office. Bored with her staid husband (Will Patton), Gwen begins a brief affair with the charming library worker. There were similar (and better) movies of its type released that same year (‘The Client’ and ‘Disclosure’), but this rain-soaked thriller is fairly gripping with a talented cast and a rather surprising culprit.ĭistinguished Judge Gwen Warwick (Bonnie Bedelia) meets a young clerk, Martin (Billy Wirth) in a library one day.
Starting out looking more like an erotic thriller, the 1994 crime drama ‘Judicial Consent’ actually turns out to be a pretty good courtroom suspenser.
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