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November 25 , 2008

A Civil Action

`A Civil Action ' is a legal thriller , well-directed and presented in such a way that

manages to create certain mood of extreme anxiety and fear , which all the more increases

the tension level to filter throughout the movie . If you think that watching a movie in

which lawyers are seen reading doesn 't sound exciting , you will have to give a second

thought . The director , Steven Zaillian of `A civil action

, has managed to maintain the

suspense and thrill throughout the movie . There have been lots of movies based on the

water as subject but here water looks so ominous as it never had felt before . Jan

Schlichtmann (John Travolta ) is a lawyer who is greedy and runs a law firm that has only

one aim and that is of getting profitable cases . Right in the first scene , Schlichtmann talks

about which would be better for his business , whether a dead black or a dead white or a

dead cripple or a dead kid , and while stating all this his voice is subtle cold

The film is all about the case of 12 dead kids who died due to contaminated drinking

water , which is because of two main food companies . Schlichtmann accepts this case in

to get a good payoff . Because he believes and says once in the movie , A lawyer

who feels compassion for his client is worse than a doctor who recoils...

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