Release Date: November 17th, 2017
PG-13|1 hr 57 min
Plot Summary
Roman J. Israel is an idealistic defense attorney whose life gets upended when his boss and mentor -- the legendary civil rights icon William Henry Jackson -- dies unexpectedly. He's then recruited to join a law firm led by George Pierce, an ambitious lawyer who was one of Jackson's former students. Israel's legacy of activism soon gets put to the test when he takes on the case of Langston Bailey, a young man accused of murdering a convenience store clerk.
Cast: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Lynda Gravatt, Amanda Warren, Hugo Armstrong, Sam Gilroy, Tony Plana
Director: Dan Gilroy
Genres: Thriller, Crime drama
Production Co: Escape Artists, LStar Capital, Cross Creek Pictures
Distributors: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Keywords: Tense, Fall, Gripping, Mystery, Rise, New York City, Deception, Underdog
