Destin Daniel Cretton

Review of Just Mercy: Throws up uncomfortable questions on capital punishment

Starring Michael B Jordon, Jamie Fox, Brie Larson Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Rating: ** * (three stars) Just Mercy is a film that cares about human beings on death row. It cares about justice. And like Portia, its young protagonist Bryan Stevenson believes that the quality of mercy is not strained. Michael Jordon who plays the compassionate lawyer, lending a lot more than just a sympathetic shoulder to convicts on death row, has one of the kindest faces I’ve seen on screen. Jordon (weirdly cast as a villain in Black Panther) looks like a guy who cares  | Click Here...