Defenseless

1991

Action / Mystery / Thriller

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 37% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 37% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 1329 1.3K

secret infidelity jealousy murder lawyer

Plot summary

A Los Angeles lawyer defends her former college roommate, whose husband — her lover — has been slain.

Director

Martin Campbell Photo
Martin Campbell

Top cast

Sheree North Photo
Sheree North as Mrs. Bodeck
Anne Alexander Sieder Photo
Anne Alexander Sieder as Client #1
Barbara Hershey Photo
Barbara Hershey as Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller
Christine Elise Photo
Christine Elise as Cindy Bodeck
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956.59 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
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1.92 GB
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by rps-2 5 / 10

Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette...

This is not a bad little thriller complete with spooky garages and a scary fall down the elevator shaft scene although it's sometimes hard to figure out just who is who. The plot has many murky twists and turns (although I imagine the continuity suffered in being cut for television.) Nor do I understand why our lawyer/lover drives a beat up Karmann-Ghia. But this is obviously one of those films that took handouts from big tobacco. Everybody smokes everywhere. The good guys smoke. The bad guys smoke. The good guys who turn out to be bad guys smoke. The bad guys who turn out to be good guys smoke. The cops smoke. I'm surprised the judge and the jury didn't light up. The whole damn film is one big choking cloud of smelly blue smoke. Because of that I knocked my rating down two points.
Reviewed by geoffreyharris2003 7 / 10

Hershey at 'The Bar' in Defenceless

I watched this movie not expecting very much, but was pleasantly surprised at the outcome. Hershey gives her usual competent performance, as a successful lawyer called to defend an old school friend accused of murdering her husband. The plot although very contrived was quite clever with several twists. Overall I thought the film well directed and worth a watch.
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