In our english class we have just finished watching one of peter weirs films; The Witness. This film is set in 1984 in Pensylvania. The story follows a young amish woman called Rachel Lappe, Her husband has just died and she and her son are traveling to philadelphia to visit Rachels sister. Things are goin fairly smoothly and they are waiting at bailtimore train station when Rachels son Samuel witnesses a murder of a man which is executed by the corrupt police officer McFee. The police officer John Booke (Harisson Forde) investigates this murder and qucikly becomes entwined in a corruption which goes higher up than he thinks. He retreats to the Amish community and spends most of the film bonding with rachel and avoiding the corrupt policemen.
I Thought this movie had a great storyline and was acted out very well by the various actors. I would give 4 stars because some parts of this movie were boring and dragged on a bit.
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