The Verdict is In RUNAWAY JURY (2003) *** John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison, Bruce McGill, Jeremy Piven, Nick Searcy, Cliff Curtis, Stanley Anderson, Nestor Serrano, Leland Orser, Nora Dunn, Luis Guzman,Jennifer Beals, Gerry Bamman, Bill Nunn, Juanita Jennings, Marguerite Moreau, Guy Torry, Rusty Schwimmer,Joanna Going, Dylan McDermott (unbilled), Orlando Jones, Celia Weston.Well produced adaptation of John Grisham's potboiler with a radical change (courtroom thriller about jury tampering of a big-corporate tobacco lawsuit in novel , here it's a gun manufacturer held responsible fo murder) and a powerhouse cast of Cusack as a juror apparently with a personal agenda, Hackman as an unscrupulous jury consultant with deep pockets and Hoffman as the prosecutor with a conscience all come to a head with some clever plot twists and stable support including Weisz as a mysterious catalyst to the proceedings at hand.Trivia note: this is the first film featuring former roomies Hackman and Hoffman and their confrontational scene in a men' s room was written solely to have them togethe onscreen.(Dir: Gary Fleder)