The Heart of Justice (1992) (original) (raw)
A desperate young man pumps five bullets into a well known successful author as he leaves a New York club and then turns the gun on himself. Questions surround this seemingly senseless murder and investigative reporter David Leader '(ERIC STOLTZ)', is assigned the case. David soon meets Emma Burgess '(JENNIFER CONNELLY)', an extremely beautiful but manipulative woman, who is directly involved in this case as David will discover. She had an incestuous relationship with her brother (the gunman) Elliot '(DERMOT MULRONEY)'. Emma had also been involved with Austin Blair '(DENNIS HOPPER)' the ...(more)
A desperate young man pumps five bullets into a well known successful author as he leaves a New York club and then turns the gun on himself. Questions surround this seemingly senseless murder and investigative reporter David Leader '(ERIC STOLTZ)', is assigned the case. David soon meets Emma Burgess '(JENNIFER CONNELLY)', an extremely beautiful but manipulative woman, who is directly involved in this case as David will discover. She had an incestuous relationship with her brother (the gunman) Elliot '(DERMOT MULRONEY)'. Emma had also been involved with Austin Blair '(DENNIS HOPPER)' the author who, Elliot believed, had revealed their "family" secret in his latest novel. As David tries to piece together the story he finds himself increasingly drawn into the inner circle of the wealthy Burgess family. (less)
Director: Bruno Barreto
Writer: Keith Reddin
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Connelly, Dennis Hopper, Dermot Mulroney, Bradford Dillman, William H. Macy
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