HIGH CRIMES opens. Directed by Carl Franklin. Screenplay by Yuri Zeltser and Grace Cary Bickley. From the novel by Joseph Finder. Hot-shot lawyer Ashley Judd springs to her husband's defence after he is charged with civilian murders dating back to his marine service days. Competent, unremarkable genre exercise spiffed up by ever the reliable Morgan Freeman. With Jim Caviezel and Amanda Peet.
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