Justin Kemp (a superb Nicholas Hoult) is a former alcoholic with a pregnant wife at home (Zoey Deutch.) He is serving on the jury of a high-profile murder trial, when he realizes that he may be responsible for the victim's death.
Gabriel Basso, Toni Collette, Chris Messina, J. K. Simmons and Kiefer Sutherland round off a great cast.
Juror No. 2 starts off well with a thought-provoking narrative that pays homage to 12 Angry Men (1957), but with enough of its own gripping ideas to make an impact. Sadly, as it goes along it, it becomes less believable and more contrived (in order to reach an inevitable yet ill-thought-out conclusion.)
The acting is excellent and the film looks magnificent with expert direction from the legendary Clint Eastwood, but the resolution doesn't make logical sense.
The most important part of the story (the deliberation) is never shown and the film is truncated. There's no way a verdict could be reached based on the available evidence and an easily discredited witness. There is reasonable doubt.
The needed conclusion happens in spite of logic (nothing can be proven either way) and the final seconds will likely prove frustrating. See spoilers below.
Intriguing, until it isn't.
FG FG F
SCREENPLAY BY: Jonathan Abrams. RUNNING TIME: 114 minutes. CERTIFICATE: 12A / PG-13. USA.
Spoilers: It would have been better if the opposite verdict was reached (the logical verdict) before Faith (Toni Collette) realises. She could have shown up at Justin's door without the unnecessary conversation with him, where he basically confesses, which he wouldn't do. This open ending would have had impact, instead of being frustrating.
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