High Crimes - In the web of lies

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Movie
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
Rod
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
occupation

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. ^ High Crimes - Im Netz der Lügen , in: Filmdienst , accessed on April 12, 2020