Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Adithya Siva The first 117-odd minutes of this film make it seem like a masterpiece. The build-up on achieving the ultimate target is flawless. But the ending seems a bit rushed. This film and subject matter does not deserve an ending like that! All that aside, Eastwood breezes through his role and in achieving the best of directing for most of the part. All his movies have exceptional music and cinematography, and this is no less. The acting is flawless too; you love the people the movie tells you to love and you hate the people the movie tells you to hate. This is a very interesting subject matter because it deals with crime, and its intricacies, laced with a tinge of racial discrimination. How Eastwood's character derives the necessary details forms the outline to the rest of the story. I was awestruck for the first 117-odd minutes of this movie. The rest of the movie's runtime, well, not so much. But don't go by the movie's ratings. Give it a watch, just for Eastwood and Isaiah Washington. You will not like the way that the ending was dealt with; I'll give you that.

Python Hyena True Crime (1999): Dir: Clint Eastwood / Cast: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Denis Leary, Michael McKean, Lisa Gay Hamilton: Typical Clint Eastwood thriller where an innocent victim is arrested. Title regards Eastwood as a reporter and the reality he is undertaking. He is a womanizer who is well aware of his lifestyle. A female friend dies in a car accident and a story she was doing prior catches his attention. Isaiah Washington is sentenced to death by lethal injection in 24 hours for the murder of a pregnant woman. Eastwood visits the crime site and comes away believing the guy's innocence. I could have lived without the on screen needle injection. Eastwood makes everything uncertain despite its lackluster visual appeal. He is effective as a man who goes to great lengths to insure the truth. Washington is well cast as the inmate who waits for the clock to tick down. Unfortunately supporting roles are not nearly as interesting. Denis Leary has a dreary role as a co-worker whose wife was involved with Eastwood. Michael McKean plays a corrupt Priest and this will no doubt turn off religious crowds. It doesn't have as much intrigue with the locations as Absolute Power does in the White House and a two way mirror. This is not one of Eastwood's best films as is Absolute Power, but it does contain a strong theme that regards sacrifice and justice that pull through despite its recycled concept. Score: 8 / 10

Lez Manzel Good suspense mystery but to be honest, it has just about every cliché in the book. The innocent condemned man, the hard-nosed battle scarred journalist with the marriage on the rocks thanks to an affair with a colleague's wife and the condemned man saved from the fatal injection at the last possible moment (perhaps even beyond it). And while I realise Steve's on-screen daughter is the real-life daughter of Clint Eastwood, there is a perception of disbelief at a man looking on the wrong side of 70 having a kid of about 5. Add to that this man who appears to be a nursing home candidate having a wife looking more like a daughter and having a fling with a woman who had a husband in his prime and finally in the last scene flirting with a girl who should have called him "grandpa", the credibility got a little lost. And did I mention the clapped out old clunker of a car held together with gaffer tape in the style of Columbo? Don't get me wrong, Eastwood is a damn fine actor and director but the lead role in this one should have gone to someone thirty years his junior. Still a good story told but in the end, nothing we haven't seen before.

namashi_1 Based on Andrew Klavan's 1997 novel of the same name, Clint Eastwood's 'True Crime' is a watchable film, but it's not memorable. Reason? The erratic screenplay, that goes Topsy-Turvy in the second-hour.Eastwood stars in the film as a journalist covering the execution of a death row inmate, only to discover that the convict may actually be innocent.'True Crime' is interesting parts. The erratic screenplay plays a spoilsport in the second-hour. Eastwood's Direction is completely under-stated & well-done, how one wishes if the screenplay had been tighter.Performance-Wise: Eastwood is mediocre. Isaiah Washington gives a fantastic performance. James Woods shines in a brief role. Denis Leary is effective. Lisa Gay Hamilton is impressive. Bernard Hill is passable. Others lend support.On the whole, 'True Crime' is a one-time watch.