High Crimes

[Ivy]

"Everything you trust. Everything you know. Just might be a lie..."

Summary:
High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a murder of Latin American villagers while he was in the Marines. Claire soon learns that to navigate the military justice system, she'll need help from the somewhat unconventional Charlie Grimes; meanwhile, Claire's sister, Jackie, is falling in love with wet-behind-the-ears Lieutenant Embry assigned as the official defense lawyer. And most of the eyewitnesses have rather too conveniently died.

Question of the Movie
"Did He Do It. Or Did He Not?"
Something to think about:
[i]He's been specially trained to blend in, which he did for several years. He's been trained to kill. He's been trained to lie. And He's been trained how to defeat the system, every aspect, from the Lie Detectors to Image Recognizing Software. So, could he in-fact be the mass-murderer the military claims, or is he the simple crafts-man, every woman's dream guy, wanna-be-daddy, who's trying to escape a deadly secret he was forced to promise to take with him to the grave?"

Review:
This is a very long, drawn out story. But it's well worth the 2 and few minutes after hours. The grippable storyline, the cast, and the suspense lead to the Climax of all climaxes. It keeps you questioning, up until the credits roll when the truth of all truths is admitted. The story actually proves that the government might, just might care about the casualties of innoscents during a time of war. But hey, this is just a movie, but a well-told one at that.