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High Crimes

2002 · 115 min

A tense legal thriller that keeps you guessing, with a dark undercurrent of betrayal and moral ambiguity.

Directed by
Carl Franklin
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Tagline
Everything you trust. Everything you know. May be a lie...
Overview
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer who has been AWOL for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.

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Directed by
Carl Franklin
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • justice
  • deception
  • guilt
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, mystery, thriller, crime
Directed by
Carl Franklin
Written by
Grace Cary Bickley, Yuri Zeltser
Starring
Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel, Adam Scott, Amanda Peet, Bruce Davison, Tom Bower, Juan Carlos Hernández
Music
Graeme Revell
Cinematography
Theo van de Sande
Runtime
115 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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