Gift Quality
A/V Quality 9/10
Audience Score 7.2/10
2 Disc Set
FINAL JUSTICE (also known as "A Matter of Justice)
This is a rare movie to have. The COMPLETE miniseries of this movie on DVD. There is a single version of this movie on DVD with a runtime of 105 minutes. It is far from the complete version which has 180 minutes (3 hours). This complete version (180 minutes) was first telecast in November of 1993 on NBC as a movie of the week which aired over a 2 night time period. This is one of the best made for television movie ever made. But, the complete version of 3 hours is almost impossible to find, until now. It is a 2 disc set. The first disc has Part 1 and the second disc has Part 2. Patty Duke gives one of her best performances.
STORY LINE:
Seduction, murder, kidnaping and child abuse: These are some of the major elements at work in the two-part drama "Final Justice".
Based on real events, "Final Justice" (aka "A Matter of Justice") effectively tells the remarkable story of the Brown family. After son Chris (Jason London) joins the Marines at the age of 17, he finds himself under the spell of Dusty (Alexandra Powers), a 24-year-old woman. They quickly marry and conceive a child, Christine.
Not surprisingly, the marriage crumbles almost as fast as it takes Dusty to wiggle into one of her skimpy tube dresses. After this blond bombshell discovers that a dead husband is worth more than a divorced one, her new boyfriend is imprisoned for the murder of her estranged spouse.
But Chris' mother, Mary (Patty Duke), isn't satisfied with just one conviction. She also wants to see Mary incarcerated and Christine wrested from her incompetent hands. What follows are several custody battles, a kidnaping and Mary's undying efforts to see that justice is served despite an inefficient law-enforcement system.
What's most impressive is this drama's ability to piece together a multitude of plot elements and characters into a work that keeps you glued to the TV. As written by Dennis Turner and directed by Mike Switzer, it also captures various moods--from steamy sensuality to familial unrest--in a way that is more artful than obvious.
