La Nuit des juges

Justice. Law. Emotion. The first is blind, the second closes the eyes of the first, and the third brings about blindness. Ophthalmological issues entering a judge's decision-making can be resolved by taking the first into your own hands, breaking the second, and freeing yourself from the third. Peter Hyams may not be an exceptional director, but the combination of the first half, which plays on emotions with towering injustice, and the second half, where the worm of doubt begins its slow gnawing activity, worked quite well. The final fifteen minutes devolve into a classic action B-movie, yet I didn’t have a major issue with that profile. P.S.: The very last scene nicely left the door ajar for further interpretation. Perhaps one where the tenacious Black detective unexpectedly pulls out a revolver and with one shot towards the passenger, demonstrates whose name is on the payroll. (06/05/2020)