Deadline

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07/13/2015 If the story wasn't true, the treatment of this tragedy would be laughable. It wouldn't even be worthy as a TV movie. Even the music was clumsy and uninspiring. Except for Eric Robert's participation, and Jeremy Childs as Editor Walker Burns, all of the acting seems flimsy and fake. "Wallace Sampson" deserved better. See more 01/03/2015 superb simple twist turn everywhere See more 05/27/2014 Great, encouraging story! Justice wins out. Based on true story. See more 09/26/2013 This one is available on Netflix and it was surprisingly good, more so when I found out it is inspired by true events! Apparently the real crime took place in a small South Carolina town and was not investigated for decades. In the film a black 18 year old named Wallace Sampson (Romonte Hamer) is shot to death in rural Alabama. The case goes uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an idealistic young blueblood named Trey Hall (Lauren Jenkins) bent on discovering the truth. Harper undertakes the investigation despite the opposition of his publisher, violent threats from mysterious forces, a break-up with his fiancée, and his father's cancer diagnosis. Recommended... See more 07/03/2013 screw what everybody else say's it not that bad See more 12/30/2012 A film with some of the worst acting ever seen, Deadline (an AWFUL title) came across as a bad student film destined for a very short theatrical release. Saw this in Tennessee, and figured it's only in theaters here hoping to capitalize on the that it was filmed here. Clichéd dialogue, stereotypical characters & unbelievable story development plague this film "inspired by a true story". Felt like a film from the 60s, not one from 2012. There are many great films dealing with racial issues, but this is not one. But it was great to Eric Roberts, who was the lone bright spot. March 5, Addendum Note the two new "positive" user reviews are from the same person. Click on Cole and you'll see that the reviewer's name is Leslie Hutchens! My hunch is she worked on the film or is related to someone that did. See more Read all reviews

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