movie review - High Crimes
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Toronto, 2002.10.06
This is a movie that drifts from legal drama to thriller as it wanders through the story of a lawyer and her husband (an ex-soldier who turns out to be a wanted war criminal).
The story is a bit stop-and-start, and the characters (played by Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, and James Cavaziel (recently, of 'Count of Monte Cristo')seem to morph as the movie wears on. What's more, the plot is fairly telegraphed and trite.
It's a mediocre film with an underutilised cast.
Not recommended.