There’s no question about how foolish this movie is. The film begins with District Attorney Mark Hunter (played by Michael Douglas) speaking to the jury at a murder trial: “The defense wants you to believe that our entire case rests on circumstantial details. There were no eyewitnesses, no ballistic evidence, and no alibi.” It's strange. You’d expect someone who has won 17 consecutive murder convictions to see the la…

It’s perplexing to consider why someone would intentionally construct a scenario implicating themselves in a murder. Peter Hyams directed Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, also adapting the screenplay from Douglas Morrow’s original story and screenplay for the 1956 movie with the same title. The cast includes Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Michael Douglas, Joel David Moore, and Orlando Jones. David Shire composed the mus…