“The Verdict” (** out of four) was a slick but obvious, empty suspense potboiler about an alcoholic defense attorney (Joshua L. Eady) tasked to defend a woman (Brittany Altenbach) accused of murdering her husband’s mistress but soon finds evidence that prove she might actually be guilty putting him at a dangerous moral/personal/career crossroads. Intriguing material is stalled by pedestrian screenplay and execution and misses the mark. Not a remake of the classic 1982 Paul Newman/Sidney Lumet thriller of the same name, despite very similar storylines.