The story is completely idiotic and absurd. It is a film made only to keep you attention. No intelligence.

Defense attorney Richard Ramsay (Keanu Reeves) has known his new client Mike all his life. The teenager is accused of killing his dominating father Boone Lassiter (Jim Belushi). It doesn't help that Mike won't speak to Richard whose only strategy seems to be rope a dope. Mike's mother Loretta (Renée Zellweger) is concerned. Janelle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) joins the defense team.There is a reveal at the end of the movie. I swear that one minute before the reveal, I thought that Ramsay needed more connections to the Lassiters. The plot needs more twists and turns before the reveal. Instead, it seems to concentrate all the twists into one big twist. There is obviously something hidden but it needs a better setup. While the courtroom stays just compelling enough, it could have been more and this could have been a great thriller.

Good courtroom drama. Well written script. It seemed obvious but was not.

The last five minutes will blow your boots off!A not so nice family man is found dead. But who did the deed? He may or may not have abused his wife and son, so they have motive. The son stands accused on trial but refuses to talk to his lawyer. Eventually the son drops a bombshell about his father. But is he telling the truth? Did the son really do it or was it someone else? Fantastic - worth the rental!