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Above Suspicion (2000) is a English movie. Stephen La Rocque has directed this movie. Scott Bakula,Annabella Sciorra,George Dzundza,Edward Asner are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2000. Above Suspicion (2000) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
For 13 years James Stockton has been a loving father and husband to his wife and daughter. He is respected and admired by all the people in the town that he lives in. But things are going to change, it seems that James recently went on what he told his wife was a business trip. However, his wife caught him telling her a lie. She then does a little snooping and finds a picture of a girl. He tells her that she's an old girlfriend who died 14 years ago. She then asks a friend to find her, she is told that she did die 14 years ago, but her boyfriend was not James Stockton but Johnny Mancini, the son of a New Jersey gangster, who disappeared 14 years ago and was also the prime suspect in her death. Is James Johnny Mancini and did he kill her? And that is not all that is going on, some men from New Jersey have come to James' hometown and it seems that they are law enforcement officers and that James knows the lead man, but they are not arresting him, it seems that there is something that ...
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Above Suspicion (2000) Reviews
Interesting story
It's easy to tell a lie--create a new identity, move to a new town,sart a new life. But what happens when you're rediscovered by the people that lost track of you years earlier? James Stockton (Scott Bakula) is a model citizen, a hard working contractor, husband, father, and baseball coach. He has established himself in a good life, earning a good reputation among the people in his town. When he is rediscovered at a funeral for his mother, even though he is incognito, people begin showing up, and James's perfect world comes crashing down. How can he safe his own life, as wll as the lives of his wife Lisa (Anabella Sciorra) and daughter Stacy (Cait Gentile)? his suspensful drama, though it plays like a television movie of the week, is well-written and well-acted. Bakula, as James Stockton, plays the perfect family man, who happened to come from a troubling past. This is a different kind of role for him, as we are used to seeing him as the "Average" hero. The performances of the cast are all around good. This is an all-around good movie, with enough suspense to keep the audience entertained. If you like movies that will make you think, enjoy a good thrill, or like Scott Bakula, then this is the perfect film for you.
Well-above the usual
This is one of those films which apparently wasn't released - at least not widely - and I'd never seen it listed anywhere until now. I've always found Scott Bakula's work interesting, and he's one of the more likable actors around. The same is true of Annabella Sciorra, although their chemistry as the 13-year husband and wife, and model citizens/parents, etc., wasn't exactly "white-hot." But this was still an interesting story, even in spite of this, and much better than a lot of the more elaborate releases both on television and big screens. Although this wasn't the typical "Lifetime, made-for-TV" flick, it had the feel of one - and certainly one of the best ones. These movies often have the devious spouse, out to eliminate the other, sometimes with a "double life," sometimes not. Others deal with a secret, jaded past, and usually has a former significant other who arrives to spill the beans and menace his/her new family. And then there's the "best friend/neighbor" secretly disrupting the hero or heroine's life, and often planning to bump him/her off and fill the void. So this picture, with the former life, long hidden, which eventually comes to light with substantial danger and consequences, and the inevitable suspicions that the "hero" may have a dark side, and be perpetrating the dangers which ensue - is not original at all. However, here it is presented with more believability and realism than normally, and with a satisfying resolution. Often these films take an hour and 58 minutes of the airtime to build to a predictable, all-too-brief, "2-minute" resolution. However, the last 20 minutes or so here present a truly interesting, strong (and heartfelt) climax. Besides the two leads, the supporting actors (daughter, business partner and his wife, and the authorities from Bakula's past) are first-rate, and are a major reason this story is well-above the usual fare seen in this venue.
One to keep you guessing
The story for this film was a good idea, but it seemed to me that there was just something lacking, perhaps more attention to detail could have been employed. The main character was believable but the relationship between him and his wife was very flat. There was just no chemistry between the actors and I never believed for one moment that the wife loved the husband. Shame really, because how could you not love Scott Bakula!!
one of his best
when i saw this film on TV last year i knew that i would have to buy it, this film is a great credit to Scott Bakula and he is a great actor, this films story is well written and has good twists in the plot, i would recommend this film to everyone.
Actually not too shabby.
So it's Sunday evening and I had nothing better to do... But I was happily surprised by this movie. Scott Bakula undoubtedly makes the movie, but the plot's also not too shabby. It's twisty enough to hold your attention, but straight forward enough to not be too taxing on the old brain cells. Some of the acting is, admittedly, a bit wooden. And I'm not entirely sure who did kill the one guy half way through the film, or why. And why does his wife looks so happy at the end? Something amiss there, I'm sure. Maybe there were going to make a spin-off film about how she did away with him. But still, very pleasing Sunday evening viewing. And now it's time for bed.