Under Suspicion

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Catherine F Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman are excellent in this low key psychological crime thriller. Almost the entire movie is based on a police interrogation between two friends on either side of the law. One is a well- to-do tax attorney (Hackman), and the other is a Police Chief (Freeman). Hackman is married to a much younger, beautiful woman as many men with money are. They have a rocky marriage which is exposed during the investigation. The interrogation seems to be going smoothly toward a conviction until the very end. (spoiler alert from this point on) The young detective Owen shows more than a passing interest in Hackman's young wife, and he "collects" evidence that was supposedly found in Hackman's darkroom that his wife turned over to the police. Hackman is told this. After which he believes his wife is trying to frame him. He confesses to the heinous crimes having nothing to live for any more. The twist is: Owen planted the evidence, and Hackman's wife thinks the detective found it in Hackman's darkroom. But they catch the real killer during Hackman's confession and let him go home. Hackman thinks his wife framed him on purpose. Realizing he is innocent, she moves to comfort him. However, he has lost all interest in her love. Owen has ruined any chance of the couples' reconciliation with his selfishness and lust. And he did not win the prize he tried so hard to gain. It leaves you to ponder about the crime Detective Owen committed and whether or not he will ever be held accountable. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review René R Under Suspicion is bad, very bad. The two leading actors seemed to have an error of judgement when deciding to jump into this confused and doomed effort. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/17/25 Full Review Jamie R Amazing actors and an opening with so much potential. Unfortunately it's just not that good. It even goes very creepy for no other purpose than to be creepy. Does that add to the suspense??? Not really. But then you think 'well the end is going to bring it all together and I'll have to re-evaluate everything I've seen'. Nope. It just falls flat. Not sure if it's the director, editing or writing but the movie just fails. Too bad. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/12/25 Full Review Jordan S Tedious, and at times grossly unpleasant, Under Suspicion has quickly become one of my least favorite movies. Perhaps I’m missing something, but whatever message about the darkest depths of the human imagination and psyche the film was trying to convey was completely lost in execution. Even without its lazy ending that completely discounted everything the film had been building toward, the experience is still wildly uncomfortable in the worst ways possible. While many films can make the audience uneasy through masterful directing, editing and performances, this film chooses to be unpleasant and shocking for the sake of being unpleasant and shocking. I’m sure that this subject matter and concept can be done well, but this film simply does not execute what it intends to. Despite all of my issues with the film, I do think that the acting is great for how lackluster I found the writing. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/11/25 Full Review Paul M Most terrible ending in history of film. Great actors then the end story cks. Waste of two hours. Hoolwood sucks. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/09/25 Full Review Commin C The movie itself is not bad. It was actually pretty good, and I was enjoying it for the most part. You have Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman as the main two characters. What could be bad about that? Well, I'll tell you. The ending. The ending was terrible. Imagine you have been outside for 2 hours staring up at the sky to catch a glimpse of the eclipse, then, right as the eclipse begins to take place, a large cloud moves in and blocks your entire view. What a waste of two hours. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/07/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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