"True Believer" is all about James Woods as a once renown trial lawyer who, having been beaten down by the system, is encouraged by a rookie lawyer (Downey) to try to reclaim the moral high ground by defending a possibly innocent man imprisoned for murder. The film gets busy and stays busy conjuring countless situations for Woods to do what he does best, emoting and ranting, as he gets beat up both in and out of the courtroom. A nominal melodramatic blast from the past, this flick suffers from tweaking and contrivances while ending like every episode of Perry Mason. A okay watch for Woods fans and aficionados of court-room dramas. (B-)
Review of True Believer
