“An Unusual Suspect” (** out of four) was a contrived, cold-hearted courtroom melodrama about a defense attorney (Christie Leverette) who fights to get one of her clients (Derrick J. Smith) released but then subsequently finds out he’s guilty as sin and then has to risk her job and her life to get him put back behind bars where he belongs. Promising storyline is stymied by predictable plot complications and lack of logic especially in second half. Leverette’s sincere performance helps keep this on track but not enough to overcome film’s shortcomings.