Guilty by Association

Guilty by Association is a case study in misrepresentation. The trailer that was included in the DVD extras gives the impression that the movie will be an taut urban action thriller with Morgan Freeman chasing down a child killer. Instead, we get a preachy second rate faux-docudrama about a drug partnership gone bad.

The trailer was far superior to the movie. The trailer has tension, action, and pacing. Perhaps the trailer editor is the one who should have made Guilty by Association. The movie is at times laughably amateurish and often downright insulting to the viewer's intelligence.

The stupidest scene (among others) is where a cop calls the murdered child's mother to tell her that her kid has been murdered. Excuse me? Anyone with enough brains to hit the "off" button on the remote knows that this is a sensitive situation that would be handled in person by the cop.

All that can be concluded from this poor effort is that Morgan Freeman must have owed someone a BIG favor. That's the only explanation for his being Guilty by Association with this movie.

When I saw the movie at the video club, I said it looks exactly like "Along came a spider" and "kiss the girls", it's with Morgan Freeman, it should be good.

Well, what a disappointment, this movie looks like a college project, nothing else.. very very bad filming, and not to help, one of the worst french translation I've ever heard..

It's total crap, I should have asked for my money back.

After the movie ended (yes, I watched it completely, I said Morgan Freeman would do something somewhere, in vain), I checked the DVD extra and watched the trailer, oh my god, the trailer shows ALL scenes with Morgan Freeman.. looks like he's the main actor of the movie!!!

False publicity, plus this attrocity last only 70 mins...

I pride myself on not being taken in by fancy packaging. Since I work in film and advertising, I understand that things are not always what they see. This movie made me sick. I was absolutely paralyzed by it. ALthough the remote was simply on the coffee table in front of me, I physically could not move to turn off the movie. I was that amazed. Morgan! MORGAN!! MORGAN!!! What was going through your mind, Brother. I find it hard to believe that you went into this project willingly. Or perhaps you were hoodwinked by the same people who got me to rent this debacle. Word of advice... NEVER EVER EVER put this movie on your resume. Most people will not have seen it or even heard of it. And don't ver go on Maury Povich. You know how they surprise people. Well it won't be a lover from your past which comes back to haunt you... it will be this film. Wow. I wish I had their money. I would have made a much better film. Isn't that always the way? People with it have no idea how to handle it. Oh well. DOn't rent this. It truly truly sucks!!!

D

The thief Drama is on probation, afraid to come back to jail, but he is convinced by a "brother" to become a drug-dealer to improve his way of life. He makes lots of money dealing drugs, but his career ends in a tragic way, affecting innocent lives in his poor community. "Guilty by Association" has a good premise and even intention, but its direction and the performances of the amateurish cast are simply horrible. It is impossible to feel sympathy for any character, including the policemen and the detectives, who have very weird behaviors. Morgan Freeman is one of my favorite actors and based on his name on the cover of the VHS, and not believing in IMDb User Rating, I decided to watch this film on video. Unfortunately, his participation in this movie is to give his name to the credits only, and attract viewers like me. Shame on you, Mr. Morgan Freeman, for such a crap in your recent filmography. Your fans do not deserve to be so disappointed with you. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "Vítimas Inocentes" ("Innocent Victims")

Ok, let me first get the pleasantries out of the way. Wait, I can't think of any pleasantries for this steaming pile of monkey crap. This is seriously one of the worst movies I have ever seen. If you rent or buy this movie thinking it's going to star Morgan Freeman, you're going to be sorely disappointed. Freeman appears in a total of three scenes with possibly 10 lines max. The film itself is more or less yet ANOTHER black urban "street" movie along the lines of classics like Boyz N da Hood and Menace II Society, however it's not even the same league as those movies. Hell, it's not even in the same sport. And if it's playing any sport, it's gotta be bowling. You've probably seen several movies like this sitting on your shelf at your local Blockbuster, but the difference between this one and those is that this one somehow has a major superstar of an actor in it(albiet only for 5 minutes or so...). But don't let that fool you into thinking this movie is even remotely decent, let alone good. It is some of the cheapest and most amateur crap I have ever laid my eyes upon. It honestly looks like it was made for about 10 bucks. The video quality is so amateur and hookey that at one point I actually spotted strange wiggly lines going down the middle of the frame. I mean, even the Blairwitch Project looked more professional and quality made than this. The acting is pretty much putrid from every actor involved. I didn't know what was really going on plot wise as the film was horribly edited and went all over the place(nor did i care anyway...), but I think it was basically about two young black men who start dealing drugs and ruin their lives in the process. Yep, real 'original' eh? I don't know the circumstances surrounding Morgan Freeman being involved in this, but the only thing I can assume is the director was given a substantially large chunk of chain by the studio and he basically spent it all paying Freeman to appear in a couple scenes. The best thing is whenever Morgan Freeman appears on the screen the director cues some big symphonic music and starts trying out really dramatic camera angles to try and trick you into thinking that you're suddenly watching a multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbuster, but the film reaks of so much suckiness that it doesn't even come close to being effective and you just end up laughing at the patheticness of it. I should also note that I did not and would not ever pay money to see this waste of celluoid. I work at a Blockbuster Video and thus get all my rentals free. I saw it in the employee rentals stack and thought to myself "Hmm, Morgan Freeman is a fine actor; I'll give this a shot." despite the fact that the movie had been sitting on the shelf since 2001(REALLY BAD SIGN) and it was a direct-to-DVD release. Boy, what a mistake that was. I should have known better. I think the only reason I even made it through this entire piece of crap is because it only ran 80 minutes. Also, please don't let the fact that a big picture of Morgan Freeman's face is plastered on the cover box to trick you into thinking he has a big role in this. It's false advertisement to utmost extreme! They even stick his face all over the main menu of the disc. I guess in one last ditch effort to try to convince you're about to watch a great urban street drama "starring" one of Hollywood's finest actors. I can only possibly recommend this film to people who like viewing cinematic engimas. That enigma of course being how a legitimate Hollywood heavyweight like Morgan Freeman ended up in this god forsaken pathetic excuse for a film. AVOID THIS AT ALL COSTS! I PROMISE you will regret wasting 80 minutes of your life on this. It's that bad. The Shawshank Redemption this is not. Morgan Freeman should be ashamed of himself.