Damn, I'm a sucker for cheesy thrillers, especially those, like this, that feel like they should have come out in the '80s. This is probably because i grew up entertained by the '80s batch themselves.
And among such wonders were The Star Chamber, Running Scared (which i think of as an comedy really but it was still great), Narrow Margin, The Presidio and of course "High Noon in space" Outland. I loved every one of these and they all had one thing in common, director Peter Hyams. Add to those the "Muscles from Brussels" most entertaining effort TimeCop and the criminally entertaining The Relic (plus classic Capricorn One) and i think we can agree (or agree to disagree) that Hyams knows how to make a damn fun piece of daft entertainment. Well, Hyams is behind the lens of this Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and frankly that would get me into the cinema.
Add to that that it also has Michael Douglas (reteaming with Hyams for the first time since 1983's Star Chamber) in one of his shady characters that are always his most watchable roles. Okay so it stars "rent a handsome face" Jesse Metcalfe who couldn't act his way out of a paper bag but then acting ability is hardly a pre-requisite for this time of movie.
It even has a gloriously '80s poster!
So chalk this one up to a must-see piece of hokum in my book.
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