High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a murder of Latin American villa...
High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a murder of Latin American villa...
The film leans left by centering on a critique of military and government cover-ups of war crimes, championing individual legal action and truth-seeking against powerful institutional corruption.
The movie features visible diversity in its main cast, with a prominent Black actor in a significant role. The narrative critiques institutional corruption, but this critique is not explicitly framed around traditional identities. The film does not engage in explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles.
The character Charlie Grimes, generally understood to be white in Joseph Finder's source novel, is portrayed by Morgan Freeman, a Black actor, in the film adaptation.
The film 'High Crimes' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses exclusively on a legal thriller involving a military conspiracy and a murder trial, with no elements related to queer identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "High Crimes" (2002) is an adaptation of Joseph Finder's novel. A review of the main characters and their portrayals indicates no instances where a character's established gender from the source material was changed in the film.
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