Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
An ambitious lawyer finds himself caught in a power struggle between a corrupt pharmaceutical executive and his firm’s senior partner. When the case takes a deadly turn, he must race to uncover the truth before he loses everything.
Misconduct is a generic legal thriller that fails to distinguish itself from countless similar films. The plot involving a corrupt pharmaceutical executive and an ambitious lawyer is overly familiar and riddled with predictable twists. Despite a cast that includes Anthony Hopkins and Al Pacino, the acting is competent but largely wasted on thin material. The cinematography is serviceable but unremarkable. The film offers little in terms of novelty, recycling well-worn tropes of the genre without adding anything fresh. The ending feels contrived and unsatisfying, failing to deliver the payoff that a well-crafted thriller should provide.