If you loved In the Heat of the Night, try A Time to Kill
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to In the Heat of the Night, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What A Time to Kill is
Mississippi, summer, a porch creaks. A young girl lies in a hospital bed, her father stands accused, a small town seethes. Schumacher tackles racial tension in the deep south.
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