Doomed to be confused with the similarly one-word-titled INSTINCT (1999), in which super-smart jailbird Anthony Hopkins plays head games with ambitious young shrink Cuba Gooding Jr., this is a restrained, intricate psychological thriller in which super-smart jailbird Anthony Hopkins plays head games with ambitious young lawyer Ryan Gosling.
Hotshot attorney Willy Beachum (Gosling), who worked his way out of poverty to a berth in the Los Angeles district attorney's office, is about to step up to a berth at a top-of-the-line white-shoe law firm. All that's left for him to do is talk to his boss, DA Joe Lobruto (David Strathairn), and close out his remaining ca...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
112 mins