A Time To Kill (Cert 15) - Film discussion

Set in the town of Clanton, Mississippi, this is the story of a man who takes justice into his own hands. Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L Jackson) is the father of a ten-year-old African-American girl, Tonya (Raeven Larrymore Kelly), who was raped and left for dead by two white racists.

Tonya survives, however, and the men are arrested to stand trial for rape and attempted murder.

Themes: justice and vengeance, taking the law into your own hands, punishment to fit the crime and the dependent of justice upon a reliable justice system.