Criminal Law

Boston attorney Ben Chase (Gary Oldman) successfully defends Martin Thiel (Kevin Bacon), the scion of a wealthy family, against a murder charge, but soon realizes his client's guilt and sets about correcting the wrong he helped orchestrate. When another brutal murder takes place with striking similarities to the first crime, Chase inexplicably agrees to defend Thiel once more, this time determined to gather evidence that will put away his client for good.