A Time to Kill

I only watched this film cause it was part of my assignment on a subject that has nothing to do with film but a subject about ethics and morality. My expectations on this film was low, that was until I saw the cast, that's when I became interested. I was relieved when the pacing was so fast at the start but it was too fast. The film started with the the rape without even showing us anythig about the little girl, this makes it harder for us to have empathy, feelings or even a sense of loss when she was harassed. Mathew's performance was good but it could've been better. The lart where he makes his final speech at the courtroom relied too much on his performance only, no flashbacks were used, no noise, not even a background music, it was dead silent, and the camera focused on Mathew almost the whole time.