Movie

A Time to Kill

66%Critics56 reviews85%Audience3,595 reviews

6.110.9Kaverage critics score, out of 1019962h 30mR

DramaMystery & Thriller

Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) is a heartbroken black father who avenges his daughter's brutal rape by shooting the bigoted men responsible for the crime as they are on their way to trial. He turns to Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey), an untested lawyer, to defend him. Brigance struggles to believe that he can get Hailey acquitted in this small, segregated Southern town, given Hailey's race and the deliberate nature of his crimes, but Carl has unshakable faith in him.

Directed by:

Joel Schumacher