Here's another movie lamely based on another lame law potboiler by John (yuck) Grisham. There's a pretty heady cast here, what with Cusack, Hackman and Hoffman, and that's about the only thing commendable about this movie. The ludicrous set up has us choosing jurors in a covert CIA-style set piece that should be laughable, even for the most gullible of viewers. The less said about the law suit against a gun company, the better; the politics are all elementary level here. All the suspense is derivative of like-minded pictures and without a trace of originality or style. Fleder directs in Hollywood factory style. Hackman outshines everyone else in the cast, but playing the apathetic villain was probably the easiest job on this picture. The New Orleans setting adds to the proceedings a bit, but not enough to make this anything more than a forgettable courtroom thriller. Yawn.