High Crimes Movie Review 2002

Military courtroom thriller is only average but does have Freeman, who's always worth watching. He's reteamed with "Kiss the Girls" co-star Judd, who plays spunky California attorney Claire Kubik. Claire gets a big surprise when her contractor hubby Tom (Caviezel) is suddenly arrested by the FBI and sent to a military prison. Turns out Tom, then known as Ron Chapman, was in an elite Marine special unit and is accused of a 1988 civilian massacre in El Salvador. She looks to recovering alcoholic and ex-JAG lawyer Charlie Grimes (Freeman) for assistance but sinister plots are afoot. Based on the 1998 novel by Joseph Finder.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 115 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Law & Lawyers, Not-So-True Identity, Military Crimes & Trials, Military: Marines, Marriage

Screenplay

Yuri Zeltser, Cary Bickley

Cast

Ashley Judd, James Caviezel, Morgan Freeman, Amanda Peet, Tom Bower, Adam Scott, Bruce Davison, Michael Gaston, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Jude Ciccolella, Michael Shannon

Cinematography

Theo van de Sande

Director

Carl Franklin

Music

Graeme Revell

Other

Steve Nelson, Carole Kravetz-Akyanian, Gary Kosko, Sharen Davis, Paul Peters

Producer

Arnon Milchan, Janet Yang, Jesse B'Franklin, Regency Enterprises, Manifest Film, 20th Century-Fox