Kill Zone USA (2014)
Investigations in a gun-crazy nation
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 24M
Director : Helmar Büchel
Sinopsis
30,000 people die in the US each year by firearms. Collateral damage of an undeclared civil war, from which the arms industry has benefited for decades under German and European participation. Starting from the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, this documentary examines why we can't stop the arms madness.
Cuando una joven viuda interpone en Nueva Orleáns una demanda contra una poderosa empresa de fabricación de armas a la que responsabiliza de la muerte de su marido, comienza un juicio en el que están en juego millones de dólares. Pero se trata de un juicio que casi está ganado de antemano debido a la selección, manipulación e intento de comprar al jurado. Los intereses de la viuda los defiende Wendall Rohr (Dustin Hoffman), un abogado sureño con sólidos principios y un sincero interés por el caso. El abogado que representa a la empresa es, en realidad, el hombre de paja de Rankin Fitch (Gene Hackman), un brillante y despiadado especialista en jurados. En un sofisticado centro de mando situado en un viejo almacén del barrio francés, Fitch y su equipo valoran a los potenciales miembros del jurado. Se trata de conseguir el jurado perfecto para los intereses de la empresa.
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