The film is based on the classic film “Twelve Angry Men”, in order to comply with the localization of a number of plot modifications, adding a lot of Chinese characteristics of the plot and the dialects of various parts of China, however, the core of the film will be the legal system of the original problem changed to a social problem is really a big failure, the exploration of the legal system is the root of the problem, the original is the reason for the classic, is to tell people through the film that the good legal system. The reason why the original movie is a classic is that the movie tells people that a good legal system, through rational thinking, open dialog and overcoming prejudice, can eventually get a more just and reasonable judgment.
2014 / China / Drama / Xu Ang / He Bing Han Tongsheng
A college mock court is debating a real-life case that happened not long ago in society.
The suspect in the case is a rich second generation adopted by a real estate developer, whose biological father is a laborer from Henan.
On the night of the murder, the rich kid and his biological father were heard having a heated argument, and then the biological father was killed in his home.
The students engaged in a heated debate over the guilt or innocence of the suspects, while their father observed the entire courtroom trial as a jury.
During a recess, the 12 jurors were taken to another room to begin their deliberations, where they had to come to a conclusion within an hour and a unanimous vote was needed to approve the suspect’s guilt or innocence.
The men came from all walks of life and had diverse backgrounds.
There is a general desire to get things over with as quickly and perfunctorily as possible, but who knows that after the first round of voting, only Juror #8 (played by He Bing) thinks the suspect is not guilty.
Some storm out, some taunt and tease, some waver and some are stubborn.
It’s a fierce battle of conscience and morality …… This movie is based on the classic film Twelve Angry Men.
