With josh duhamel, anthony hopkins, al pacino, alice eve. When an ambitious young lawyer takes on a big case against a powerful and. Although one of its central characters is a ruthless, unscrupulous pharmaceutical company executive, misconduct. Oscar winners al pacino and anthony hopkins star in this film noirstyle thriller. Al pacino, malin akerman, alice eve, and julia stiles costar. They have all committed misconduct in egregious ways that have caused harm to others. Josh duhamel is our protagonist, a young lawyer named ben hellbent on making his mark at a firm run by al pacino. Al pacino and josh duhamel in misconduct 2016 anthony hopkins and josh. Misconduct is a film directed by shintaro shimosawa with josh duhamel, al pacino, anthony hopkins, malin akerman, year.
Feb 03, 2016 oscar winners al pacino and anthony hopkins star in this film noirstyle thriller. Feb 08, 2016 when an ambitious young lawyer takes on a big case against a powerful and ruthless executive of a large pharmaceutical company, he soon finds himself involved in a case of blackmail and corruption. It was nominated for an award by the australian film institute in 1993. It could be possible to ignore the awfully written characters if the plot showed some promise. I liked the setting of louisiana since it played a part in the story as far as legal repercussions for the characters. Misconduct 2016 is a vod voyage through a massive pharmaceutical conspiracy not unlike one thats really happened. Simultaneously feverish and anemic, the movie is director shintaro. T his baffling legal thriller could be shown in film schools as a textbook example of how not to make a. Directed by shintaro shimosawa and starring anthony hopkins, al pacino, josh duhamel and malin akerman.
Misconduct was released in 2016 on friday, february 5, 2016 limited release. The release date of misconduct is set to february 5, 2016. An ambitious lawyer josh duhamel finds himself caught in a power struggle between a corrupt pharmaceutical executive anthony hopkins and his firms senior partner al pacino. Misconduct is aptly named in that watching this ludicrous legal thriller inspires dreams of a multicount indictment. Misconduct is handicapped from the beginning by an unsympathetic and unlikable central character. Misconduct is a 2016 american thriller film directed by shintaro shimosawa in his directorial. The plot is gossamer thin, the twist would take a twoyearold about as many seconds to see coming and its a miracle there is any scenery left by the time pacino and hopkins were done. But it mostly trips over its own feet, complicating things with a murder plot, a mysterious korean assassin, julia stiles. A lawyer josh duhamel attempts to bring an unethical pharmaceutical executive anthony hopkins to justice for manipulating drug trials, but his case is soon undermined when he is targeted by a blackmail scheme involving an extramarital affair. The movies sillyarty aesthetic is regurgitated polanski, and theres a shameless script steal from presumed innocent. Further plot complications are triggered by a possibly faked kidnapping. An ambitious lawyer josh duhamel finds himself caught in a power struggle between a corrupt pharmaceutical executive anthony hopkins and.
However, in order for a story to be successful, the plot needs to be interesting. Chunks of missing plot get filled in with post production overdubbing so blatant that you wait, is that why julia. A twisted plot of misconduct for which all the movie characters are guilty. Scott turow novel and expects the audience to be taken by this twist, well, i cant speak for anybody else who might be unlucky enough to see this, but i myself no longer had the energy to be insulted. Hopkins and pacino literally have a couple of scenes each, and are not even extremely involved in most of the movie. When an ambitious young lawyer takes on a big case against a powerful and ruthless executive of a large pharmaceutical company, he soon finds himself involved in a case of blackmail and corruption.
Misconduct 2016 an ambitious lawyer josh duhamel lands in hot water when he takes on a case against the corrupt executive anthony hopkins of a pharmaceutical company. United states february 5, 2016 limited canada february 5, 2016. When the case takes a deadly turn, he must race to uncover the truth before he loses everything. Misconduct a derivative but diverting thriller featuring relatively subdued turns by anthony hopkins and al pacino. I struggled with this movie, it was quiet predictable, very long with very little, or simple plot for the lack of better words. Thankfully, 34 of them are pretty great, but around 2007 there was a shift in quality. Misconduct is released nationwide on 3 rd june 2016. Al pacino and anthony hopkins cash easy paychecks for chewing the scenery in supporting roles in shintaro shimosawas preposterous thriller misconduct. Jun 07, 2016 june 4, 2016 misconduct is the story of a lawyer, played by josh duhamel, caught up in a nefarious plot involving kidnap and murder.
Released february 5th, 2016, misconduct stars josh duhamel, al pacino, anthony hopkins, alice eve the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a score of 24 out of 100 on. An ambitious lawyer finds himself caught in a power struggle between a corrupt pharmaceutical executive and his firms senior partner. The film has been described as an australian version of fatal attraction. Misconduct nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. Shintaro shimosawas misconduct 2016 movie trailer stars al pacino, anthony hopkins and alice eve. I would not recommend this movie unless someone really likes the stars who acted in it. The film also stars alice eve, julia stiles and malin akerman. The movie soundtrack of misconduct will be released on february 5, 2016 by varese sarabande. Gross misconduct is a 1993 australian thriller film directed by george t. The characters were put into situations that were not exactly believable. June 4, 2016 misconduct is the story of a lawyer, played by josh duhamel, caught up in a nefarious plot involving kidnap and murder. The movie is spinning into insanity every which way, and here are its. The new thriller misconduct is getting kicked to the curb by its distributor, which is too bad, because director shintaro shimosawas debut feature boasts an elegant visual style and a mystery plot with so many absurd twists that the film becomes enjoyable high melodrama.
He is very controlling of his girlfriend emily hynes akerman, and. Their professional relationship turns into personal one and now emily is too afraid of threatening denning to end the relationship. Dennings company is now a days in news questioning deaths due to clinical trials. When the movie, in its coda, takes a plot point from a pretty famous l.
Everything you need to know about misconduct movie 2016. Its like they just paid them to show up, read a couple of lines, and have their names on the poster. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including hail, caesar. Feb 05, 2016 misconduct is the directorial debut of shintaro shimosawa, the producer of the grudge and the grudge 2, from a screenplay by simon boyes and adam mason, a filmmaking team behind. It shamelessly cribs from 90s potboilers a lastminute twist is stolen from a notable film of the decade and pacino is hammier than a hog roast, but its too lurid to be dull. The movie is spinning into insanity every which way, and here are its guest stars just dutifully hitting their.
After a hard days think, misconduct is the kind of movie that critics use to unwind. The film stars josh duhamel, alice eve, malin akerman, byunghun lee, julia stiles, glen powell, with al pacino and anthony hopkins. The plot twists were too predictable or underwhelming. When i saw the trailer for misconduct, i was a little depressed because it didnt look very good. Released as a lionsgate premiere rough translation. Misconduct is the directorial debut of shintaro shimosawa, the producer of the grudge and the grudge 2, from a screenplay by simon boyes and adam mason, a. The lawyer should just upload the whole file to wikileaks but i guess hes lusting for praise and fame and want to fight the case alone instead of having allies by his side. This tedious, lazy thriller stars josh duhamel as a corrupt attorney whose world blows up when he goes after a crooked billionaire anthony hopkins. Told in a nonlinear fashion, the movie opens with the kidnapping of pharmaceutical company ceo arthur dennings anthony. Its ostensibly a thriller but veers off in so many different directions in an effort to be interesting that in the end its just a jumbled mess. Misconduct is a 2016 american thriller film directed by shintaro shimosawa at his directorial debut and written by simon boyes and adam mason. When a greedy professional ignores standards and betrays the public trust, thats misconduct.
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