Sentence. Attorney General Ted Talbot is on the verge of making a very difficult decision. The high-profile case of robbery and murder of a bank security guard, of course, requires as much thorough and complete investigation as possible. The jury issued a verdict - the death penalty for defendant Jim Conley. All the evidence on the prosecution side proved his guilt. However, the stolen money (three million US dollars) was never found. But the hand of justice cannot wait long, and therefore the sentence was immediately executed.
No bad, no good. However, the next day, Assistant Attorney General Leo Harman brings the horrifying news to Ted: one of the witnesses in the high-profile case (Stanley Makovsky) was found dead in a hotel room. During the investigation, it became known that the latter committed suicide, and a suicide note found in the number indicated that it was Mr. Makovsky who was involved in the robbery of the bank. And now the entire accusation base has crumbled like a house of cards, and Ted Talbot's impeccable career is in the balance. However, this is not all the troubles that have fallen on the bald head of the servant of the law. Being in the center of an incredible whirlpool of deception, meanness, betrayal and blood, the main character will have to answer many questions: Who was that fatal blonde? Can you trust your ex-wife, and Conley's lawyer, in that fateful case? And who the hell is behind all this? .
The cast is certainly amazing. Here and the former “apartment” and “self-named false Prince Miloslavsky” performed by the inimitable Leonid Kuravlev, in the company of actor Vladimir Steklov, who did not know that in the near future there will be night day to knock out the spirit of poor boys cadets, also then still young and very attractive Veronika Izotova, did not know that she would be a modest mother of a docile young man Ilya Sinitsyn, and Larisa Guzeeva would be engaged in pimping young and not so couples broadcast throughout the country. And gathered them here, none other than Vsevolod Shilovsky, who acted not only as the director of the picture, but also played a major role in it. And I think that this performance of the People's Artist was very, very successful. I also note the excellent script work of Vladimir Bragin, and especially the composer of the film Alexei Rybnikov. His wonderful musical accompaniment, set the necessary pace and mood, thanks to which I had a great pleasure throughout the entire viewing of the film.
The film “The Sentence” of 1994 release is a magnificent representative of the action-packed detective of the 90s, with a magnificent acting and an indescribable musical atmosphere and an excellent ending. Of course, it was not without minor shortcomings, but they were not so much, and the overall impression of the picture, they did not spoil.
That bitch betrayed me.
7 out of 10