BY JAMES M. DENTON & REXFORD COOLEY
Log line
Two lawyers become heroes outside the courtroom when they are forced to run to clear their names of murder and and take up arms stop illegal shipments of weapons.
Synopsis
Richard Carter and Johnny Loomis find themselves in trouble with the law. The only way to clear their names is to take the law in to their own hands. Richard is a straight-laced, African-American trial lawyer. Johnny is a wise-cracking, Italian American personal injury lawyer.
Richard is assigned to defend Chow Ling, a member of the Chinese mafia, which is shipping weapons to China from the United States. Chow is the only mafia survivor after a shoot out between the mafia and the Los Angeles Police Department. The shoot out is the result of an anonymous tip received by the LAPD and the press. Chow’s trial is put on the fast track by Woo Phan, a Chinese Arms Dealer, and Edgar Thorp, the CEO of Armor Tech, a major weapons manufacturer, and a District Attorney with political aspirations.
District Attorney D. Lane Sulgrave is advised by Woo and Edgar to make sure that Chow goes free on bail. D. Lane is pitted against Richard, his long time friend. Richard makes the case for Chow Ling’s release. D. Lane simply accepts the state’s ruling on the matter, and the verdict is to release Chow on his own recognizance.
Chow disappears, and ultimately ends up dead as does Ben Graebold, after having done some investigating in to the case at Richard’s request. Ben was Richard’s mentor and Johnny’s business associate. It is his body that Richard and Johnny are standing over when they are forced to run.
D. Lane proceeds to publicly excoriate Richard for the loss of Chow, subsequently creating a media spectacle that allows to Edgar and Woo to continue their illegal shipment of weapons unnoticed.
Richard and Johnny are aided by Amos McVeety, a bail bondsman/Pawn Shop owner who provides them with the weapons. Police Detective Webb Morgan who comes to their defense when he suspects things don’t add up. Pimp Percy Spivack who provides Richard and Johnny access to the Armor Tech building, and eventually D. Lane who always knew he was in way over his head, which is why he provided the police and the press with the anonymous tip.
With D. Lane’s help, Richard and Johnny come face to face with Edgar and Woo, all hell breaks loose. Richard and Johnny literally bring the house down on Armor Tech and the weapons shipping business.
This high-octane action comedy hilariously turns the age-old concept of lawyers on its head by thrusting them out of the courtroom and in to the streets to battle injustice.
Log line
Two lawyers become heroes outside the courtroom when they are forced to run to clear their names of murder and and take up arms stop illegal shipments of weapons.
Synopsis
Richard Carter and Johnny Loomis find themselves in trouble with the law. The only way to clear their names is to take the law in to their own hands. Richard is a straight-laced, African-American trial lawyer. Johnny is a wise-cracking, Italian American personal injury lawyer.
Richard is assigned to defend Chow Ling, a member of the Chinese mafia, which is shipping weapons to China from the United States. Chow is the only mafia survivor after a shoot out between the mafia and the Los Angeles Police Department. The shoot out is the result of an anonymous tip received by the LAPD and the press. Chow’s trial is put on the fast track by Woo Phan, a Chinese Arms Dealer, and Edgar Thorp, the CEO of Armor Tech, a major weapons manufacturer, and a District Attorney with political aspirations.
District Attorney D. Lane Sulgrave is advised by Woo and Edgar to make sure that Chow goes free on bail. D. Lane is pitted against Richard, his long time friend. Richard makes the case for Chow Ling’s release. D. Lane simply accepts the state’s ruling on the matter, and the verdict is to release Chow on his own recognizance.
Chow disappears, and ultimately ends up dead as does Ben Graebold, after having done some investigating in to the case at Richard’s request. Ben was Richard’s mentor and Johnny’s business associate. It is his body that Richard and Johnny are standing over when they are forced to run.
D. Lane proceeds to publicly excoriate Richard for the loss of Chow, subsequently creating a media spectacle that allows to Edgar and Woo to continue their illegal shipment of weapons unnoticed.
Richard and Johnny are aided by Amos McVeety, a bail bondsman/Pawn Shop owner who provides them with the weapons. Police Detective Webb Morgan who comes to their defense when he suspects things don’t add up. Pimp Percy Spivack who provides Richard and Johnny access to the Armor Tech building, and eventually D. Lane who always knew he was in way over his head, which is why he provided the police and the press with the anonymous tip.
With D. Lane’s help, Richard and Johnny come face to face with Edgar and Woo, all hell breaks loose. Richard and Johnny literally bring the house down on Armor Tech and the weapons shipping business.
This high-octane action comedy hilariously turns the age-old concept of lawyers on its head by thrusting them out of the courtroom and in to the streets to battle injustice.
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