Once an ambitious prosecutor in the D.A.'s office, attorney Glenn Close has gotten out because of the disgust she feels towards the type of cases she took on. A truly brutal and frightening murder opens up the film and leads to the prosecution of the victim's husband (Jeff Bridges) who pleads innocent and convinces Close to take the case. Former D.A. colleague Peter Coyote takes on the challenge of prosecuting Bridges, but Close has a ton of tricks up her sleeve.Sometimes horrifying in its description of a revolting rape and murder, this often becomes distracted by the drama surrounding Close's family life. A subplot surrounding the suicide of somebody she helped prosecute years before could have been a separate film altogether. One of the mistakes that this film makes is having Bridges and Close sleep together, an obvious violation of legal ethics. This is interesting from the perspective of showing a woman utilizing both power and ethics in a man's profession, but it becomes pretty clear what's going on half way through. Performances are excellent, particularly Robert Loggia as Close's investigator and John Dehner as the judge. Perhaps some less obvious plot ploys could have been utilized to make it all the more fathomable.

'Jagged Edge" is a 80s thriller that evolves around the murder of a publisher, and her husband is held on trial for the murder. A female attorney takes the case to save the hero from the gallows. The film through its sheer treatment becomes engaging and would hold you to your seats, especially the courtroom scenes. The film was a big hit of its time and shares the same trait of the successful thrillers of 80s like "Fatal Attraction".Anyway, it has been claimed the film was remade in Hindi as "Kasoor" which I watched long before; and I was amazed that the whole plot, characterization, and twists are the same. Only at the end, 'Jagged Edge" falls short. And one cool advice: Don't watch this film if you have watched "Kasoor."Rating: 2 stars out of 4

A man discover's his wife and maid have been murdered, an investigation ensuses and sooner rather than later he is deemed the main suspect and Is hauled in for the crime. he enlists the help of a pretty young lawyer who he eventually falls for,, the two get close,, and she let's her emotions run wild, and cleary she falls for him while defending him against the charges that he brutally murdered his wife,, apparently though his wife was cheating at the time,, and her boyfriend turns up dead later, on, but there is more to this than we think as the lawyer's assistant's dig up more information on her and the boyfriend,, classic edge of you're seat thriller , that will keep you guessing until the end.

Once a box office hit, now a laughable thriller, Richard Marquand's "Jagged Edge" stars Jeff Bridges as a husband accused of murdering his wife. Bridges maintains his innocence, falls in love with the lawyer representing him (Glenn Close) and then spends the film's last act teasing his audience: did he indeed do it? Did he get away with the crime? IS HE A MURDEROUS PSYCHOPATH? IS HIS NEW LOVER IN MORTAL DANGER?The film was written by Joe Eszterhas, a writer who specialises in trash. Marquand maintains a good pace during the film's first act, but things get increasingly slow/predictable as we progress. A better director would have laid on more thrills or, even better, embraced his lurid plot and so poured on more cheese.5/10 – Worth no viewings. See the marginally better "Primal Fear, "Presumed Innocent" or Hitchcock's countless "wrong man" movies.