The Verdict - 8/10

The Verdict是一部关于法律和正义的电影，虽然有不少情节不太真实，但是还是能够给观众带来不小的心灵冲击。西方法律体系下的陪审团给人以希望，俗话说世间自有公道，公道自在人心，西方的陪审团往往能够起到纠正腐败和弥补法律漏洞的作用，这恐怕在中国是不可能实现的事情。Paul Newman结尾处的演讲太精彩了，引全文如下：You know, so much of the time we're just lost. We say, "Please, God, tell us what is right; tell us what is true." And there is no justice: the rich win, the poor are powerless. We become tired of hearing people lie. And after a time, we become dead... a little dead. We think of ourselves as victims... and we become victims. We become... we become weak. We doubt ourselves, we doubt our beliefs. We doubt our institutions. And we doubt the law. But today you are the law. You ARE the law. Not some book... not the lawyers... not the, a marble statue... or the trappings of the court. See those are just symbols of our desire to be just. They are... they are, in fact, a prayer: a fervent and a frightened prayer. In my religion, they say, "Act as if you had faith... and faith will be given to you." IF... if we are to have faith in justice, we need only to believe in ourselves. And ACT with justice. See, I believe there is justice in our hearts.