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Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Nick Clark

Presumed Innocent on Apple TV+ review: grumpy Jake Gyllenhaal is hard to warm to in this gripping but formulaic remake

The 2024 Jake Gyllenhaal remake roadshow trundles on. Fresh from stepping into Patrick Swayze’s shoes for Prime Video’s update of Road House, the A-lister is now slipping on Harrison Ford’s size 11s for Apple TV+’s new spin on 1990 thriller Presumed Innocent.

Gyllenhaal is as watchable as they come – with that lopsided grin and those twinkly eyes, he can carry the burden of most projects on his own. But he’s been setting himself some high bars recently and, with the charm dialled right down, it has mixed results here.

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