High Crimes - In the web of lies
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German title | High Crimes - In the web of lies |
Original title | High crimes |
Country of production | USA , Switzerland |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2002 |
length | 110 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Carl Franklin |
script |
Yuri Zeltser , Grace Cary Bickley |
production |
Jesse Beaton , Arnon Milchan , Janet Yang |
music | Graeme Revell |
camera | Theo van de Sande |
cut | Carole Kravetz |
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High Crimes - On the web of lies (Alternative title: High Crimes - On the highest command ) is a thriller by Carl Franklin from the year 2002 with Ashley Judd , Morgan Freeman and James Caviezel in the lead roles. The plot is based on a novel by Joseph Finder .
action
The successful lawyer Claire Heller Kubik is married to Tom Kubik and would like to have a child together. Tom is suddenly arrested, unexpectedly for Claire. He is said to have killed civilians in Salvador in 1988 as a soldier under the name Ronald Chapman . Tom claims he is innocent. He took part in an operation that was tracking a terrorist. He claims that Hernandez, a member of his platoon , killed some civilians in the village in a fit of rage. Since he did not want to participate in the subsequent cover-up, he was accused of the crime, so he had to go into hiding.
Together with the still quite inexperienced public defender appointed by the military court , Claire takes on the defense of her husband. Due to a lack of experience with military law, she also hires former military lawyer Charles W. Grimes. Kubik and Grimes track down a plot among US generals.
Claire learns the truth from an anonymous Salvadoran witness: Hernandez dropped a bomb on a café where the terrorist he was looking for was. Three American students were also killed. To cover up this, Hernandez later claimed the terrorists were responsible for the attack. After Grimes reveals some irregularities, the case is dismissed by the court.
Claire finally finds out that her husband killed the civilians to extort information about the dead terrorists and is attacked by him. At the last second, however, she can be saved.
background
The film grossed approximately $ 41 million in US cinemas.
Reviews
Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote in Chicago Reader magazine that the film was stylish, but a little too long.
Mick LaSalle said in the San Francisco Chronicle that the film has some weaknesses but offers viewers excitement from start to finish.
The film service ruled that the film tried to create "character tension", "but succumbed to the clichés of relevant military dramas".
Awards
Morgan Freeman was nominated for an Image Award in 2003 .
Web links
- High Crimes - On the web of lies in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- High Crimes - In the web of lies at Metacritic (English)
- High Crimes - On the web of lies atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for high crimes - In the web of lies . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2002 (PDF; test number: 90 949 V / DVD).
- ^ High Crimes - Im Netz der Lügen , in: Filmdienst , accessed on April 12, 2020