I Witness

2003

Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 32% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 32% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 1651 1.7K

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Plot summary

After 27 bodies are discovered in a collapsed tunnel in Tijuana, a man tries to unravel the mystery before becoming the next victim.

Director

Rowdy Herrington Photo
Rowdy Herrington

Top cast

James Spader Photo
James Spader as Douglas Draper
Jeff Daniels Photo
Jeff Daniels as James Rhodes
Wade Williams Photo
Wade Williams as Roy Logan
Portia de Rossi Photo
Portia de Rossi as Emily Thompson
480p.DVD
838.66 MB
688*384
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
25 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by snake77 7 / 10

What happened to this movie? It's really good...

Spotted this DVD on eBay and bought it on the cheap from someone in the UK. Watched it last night and all I can say is what a great surprise! This is a really well done political thriller in the tradition of Traffic. Daniels, Spader, de Rossi, and especially Clifton Collins do some terrific acting. The direction is tight, the story is interesting, the political angle is provocative, the Mexican sets are authentic. All in all a very good film for what was obviously a smallish budget. Why this movie isn't on video in the US (was it ever shown in a theater?) is beyond me. Especially considering all the crap that IS on video. Does anyone know what happened to this movie?
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Reviewed by innocuous 6 / 10

Very worthwhile movie thriller.

This looked like it was some sort of straight-to-video piece of junk, but it turns out to be a well-written thriller with very good production values. The plot is a bit over-the-top, but palatable. Spader and Daniels do a great job, while di Rossi is at least tolerable.

If you have to have justice and happy endings, this movie is probably not for you.

*****MAJOR SPOILER*****

The only problem I had in watching this film was that one of the critical turning points in the movie (you'll know when you get there) made me think of the Saturday Night Live sketch about The Pepsi Syndrome. In the movie, this is supposed to be a very serious flashback essential to solving the mystery, but all I could think about was Dan Aykroyd standing around as President Carter and Garrett Morris dressed in drag mopping up contaminated coolant. It makes me smile even thinking about it after finishing the movie.

*****END SPOILER*****

If you liked Traffic and political thrillers, you will probably enjoy this movie.

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