A Murder of Crows – Diabolische Versuchung (1998)

A Murder of Crows – Diabolische Versuchung: Directed by Rowdy Herrington. With Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Berenger, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Eric Stoltz. A disbarred lawyer takes credit for a late friend’s book, which becomes a smash hit but the tables turn on him sooner than he suspected.

“This film has a fabulous plot and great acting but it was filmed, scored, and cinemagraphed very poorly. Mr. Gooding is wonderful, as always and Mark Pellegrino is truly a great actor who has been greatly ignored and under-appreciated in the film industry, (though I am sure the stage adores him). This movie could have been so much more. It must not have had a large budget, because the scenes lacked the sense of suspense and drama that is achieved with good scoring and cinematography, but the acting was spectacular, especially the climatic scene with Mark near the end. Even a better musical score could have added a lot to the film. I also think the narration did little to support the plot, it took the drama and suspense from the film and made it seem a lot less serious. The plot is very dark but the film seemed to have lost that. I enjoyed this film nonetheless for its fine acting and marvelous screenplay.”