Word: gere
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Richard Gere takes Hollywood's latest shot at China--this time targeting its system of criminal justice (or lack thereof). Solid courtroom drama, good paranoia buildup and a fine performance by Bai Ling as Gere's lawyer are ultimately let down by a muddled ending...
...Richard Gere has it easy fighting China: just hanging out with the Dalai Lama and leading protests in front of the White House. You want hard? Try being Alec Baldwin, head of the Creative Coalition, balled up on a bus for a three-hour predawn ride from New York to Massachusetts to collect signatures for state-campaign-finance reform. The coffee's awful, and his cell phone doesn't work. "We should have a working phone, even if you have to FedEx one," the actor growls as he tosses the offending cellular to an aide. Maybe...
...Richard Gere takes Hollywood's latest shot at China--this time attacking its system of criminal justice (or lack thereof). Solid courtroom drama and a fine performance by Bai Ling as Gere's lawyer are ultimately let down by a muddled ending...
Accordingly, the relationship between Gere and Ling is one of the few things that elevates the movie above the generic. The culture clash becomes all the more striking, as we see how the two learn to work together thus providing a foil for the isolation that all the other Chinese elements create...
...bottom of the matter, to resolve her own moral qualms, and she increasingly puts herself in danger by helping Moore. This shift of focus is extremely well done and welcome. Both characters become fleshed out and more endearing as they each must break from their traditionally defined roles: Gere gets to be a concerned champion of another's welfare instead of just a victim, and Ling gets to be an endangered target and not just a calculating defense attorney. This role swapping strengthens both characters, and both actors are strongest when interacting with each other...