The Judge - Trailer

Hank Palmer is a ruthless but excellent lawyer, despised by many of his peers for his habit of representing often blatantly guilty criminals. One day mid-trial however, he receives a call from home informing him of his mother's recent death. Reluctantly, he ventures back to the town of Carlinville, Indiana where he grew up to convene with his family ahead of the funeral. As he expected, the greeting between himself and his father - the local Judge Joseph Palmer - is particularly frosty. As a young college graduate, Hank was desperate to leave the harsh and unfriendly grasp of his father but when the town's sheriff tells him that Joseph is now a murder suspect, he begins to feel a grudging obligation to cast their differences aside and help him protest his innocence.

'The Judge' is an emotional drama about the importance of family loyalty and the need to stand by those you trust no matter what. It has been directed by David Dobkin ('Wedding Crashers', 'The Change-Up', 'Shanghai Knights') with writers Bill Dubuque and Nick Schenk ('Gran Torino'), and stars the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall and Billy Bob Thornton. It is due for US release on October 24th 2014.