High Crimes is an uninspired title for a movie which combines a variety of different elements: it is a courtroom thriller with a military background (A Few Good Men, The General's Daughter), an urban paranoia thriller about cover-ups in high places (Enemy Of The State), a physical jeopardy thriller with people out to get the main character (Narrow Margin) and, ultimately, a did-he-or-didn't-he? thriller (Jagged Edge).
And that is the main criticism - ultimately, there is nothing here which hasn't been seen elsewhere.
That said, it does a decent job and ticks all the boxes. Ashley Judd does well to balance vulnerability with hard-a@@ed attitude, and Morgan Freeman lends his usual statesmanlike bearing to his flawed attorney.
It passes the time well enough but, like an unmemorable meal, fades from the memory quickly.
And that is the main criticism - ultimately, there is nothing here which hasn't been seen elsewhere.
That said, it does a decent job and ticks all the boxes. Ashley Judd does well to balance vulnerability with hard-a@@ed attitude, and Morgan Freeman lends his usual statesmanlike bearing to his flawed attorney.
It passes the time well enough but, like an unmemorable meal, fades from the memory quickly.