The IMDb storyline is very basic and for a one sentence storyline it did capture in a nutshell the plot. In researching other than the official site of the movie, I found sufficient information that backs up the claim that the film is based on a true story. It is not a documentary so of course it will take artistic license in the script. The Kassen brothers who co-directed the movie (Mark, who also played the key supporting role of lawyer Paul Dazinger) did a pretty good job.
Chris Evans, who plays the brilliant Mike Weiss, also does a pretty good job of portraying a lawyer championing a serious social cause (the main plot of the film) while also portraying him as seriously drug-addicted law practice partner to Dazinger.That drug death path, is a lesser important but high profile sub-plot. I can only speculate why the writer and directors choose to put so much into that sub-plot. Many reviewers did not appreciate the distracting effect of the sub-plot, which takes away from the important and more interesting main plot of the mega medical equipment/supply corporate group skimping on cost while they do all they can to crush a small manufacturer of a better life saving product. My guess is they wanted the film to portray Weiss in all his serious faults; critics would pound on a clean Weiss character portrayal, therefore denigrating him in the film as the writers and directors did, shuts that door.
The movies "The Rainmaker", "Runaway Jury", "A Civil Action" "Erin Brockovich" and "Class Action" all play similar legal David-Goliath battles, but "Puncture" is different because the numbers of direct and indirect victims are by far greater and that it is the death of Weiss that emboldened his partner to bring the battle back on a winning path; the audience (well I did) had given up on the case standing any chance to be won. I believe there are not enough nor will be to many such types of movies, because the very nature of big corporations and the laws and political system that now offers them so obviously unfair protection; society's resources to put up a fight are meager at best, thus exposure of the problem by books and movies is needed until the balance is restored. The movie is worth watching for the knowledge you get and the perspective on the problem.
Chris Evans, who plays the brilliant Mike Weiss, also does a pretty good job of portraying a lawyer championing a serious social cause (the main plot of the film) while also portraying him as seriously drug-addicted law practice partner to Dazinger.That drug death path, is a lesser important but high profile sub-plot. I can only speculate why the writer and directors choose to put so much into that sub-plot. Many reviewers did not appreciate the distracting effect of the sub-plot, which takes away from the important and more interesting main plot of the mega medical equipment/supply corporate group skimping on cost while they do all they can to crush a small manufacturer of a better life saving product. My guess is they wanted the film to portray Weiss in all his serious faults; critics would pound on a clean Weiss character portrayal, therefore denigrating him in the film as the writers and directors did, shuts that door.
The movies "The Rainmaker", "Runaway Jury", "A Civil Action" "Erin Brockovich" and "Class Action" all play similar legal David-Goliath battles, but "Puncture" is different because the numbers of direct and indirect victims are by far greater and that it is the death of Weiss that emboldened his partner to bring the battle back on a winning path; the audience (well I did) had given up on the case standing any chance to be won. I believe there are not enough nor will be to many such types of movies, because the very nature of big corporations and the laws and political system that now offers them so obviously unfair protection; society's resources to put up a fight are meager at best, thus exposure of the problem by books and movies is needed until the balance is restored. The movie is worth watching for the knowledge you get and the perspective on the problem.