High Crimes is the story of Tom and Claire Kubic (Jim Caviesel and Ashley Judd). A seemingly perfect couple with everything going for them, that is until Tom's past comes back to haunt him as he is arrested by the Military for the murder of 9 people in an event that took place in L Salvador in 1988. To prove that her husband is innocent Claire (an high powered U.S. attorney) agrees to defend him by taking his case along with a former Marine who is now a very smart Military attorney named Charles Grimes (Morgan Freeman). As the case is progressed we learn different interesting facts about that certain day in 1988. Along with the help of Claire's sister (Amanda Peet) and her newly found boyfriend Lieutenant Embry (Adam Scott) the pair start to slowly piece together what had happened on that day through the help of a few outsiders who were either there on the day or knew a lot about the day. As events like attempted murder and house robbery start to happen it looks as though Tom was framed and didn't commit those tragic murders after all. For more information you will have to see the film yourself.
Anyway, it's a good story and really kept my interest until the near end of the film, that's when I started rolling my eyes. Why? Because, the ending in this movie is nothing you and I haven't seen before. It (the ending) has been done and over done. But, there is one thing that about this film that struck me as excellent so to speak, and that is the acting! The acting and direction in this film is all top-notch, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, and Jim Caveisel give what I would a captivating performance. The two other leads (Peet and Scott) also do a great job as they make their characters believable to an extent. But, like I said: This is nothing but a good movie, that was partly ruined by the over-done ending. If they would changed the ending and made something new, this film would have gotten a 9/10 from me, but for right now I will stick with an 8/10.
Anyway, it's a good story and really kept my interest until the near end of the film, that's when I started rolling my eyes. Why? Because, the ending in this movie is nothing you and I haven't seen before. It (the ending) has been done and over done. But, there is one thing that about this film that struck me as excellent so to speak, and that is the acting! The acting and direction in this film is all top-notch, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, and Jim Caveisel give what I would a captivating performance. The two other leads (Peet and Scott) also do a great job as they make their characters believable to an extent. But, like I said: This is nothing but a good movie, that was partly ruined by the over-done ending. If they would changed the ending and made something new, this film would have gotten a 9/10 from me, but for right now I will stick with an 8/10.