High Crimes Page #5

Synopsis: 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 villagers while he was in the Marines. Claire soon learns that to navigate the military justice system, she'll need help from the somewhat unconventional Charlie Grimes; meanwhile, Claire's sister, Jackie, is falling in love with wet-behind-the-ears Lieutenant Embry assigned as the official defense lawyer. And most of the eyewitnesses have rather too conveniently died.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Carl Franklin
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
48
PG-13
Year:
2002
115 min
312 Views


Bullshit!

He lied!

They lied! How the hell was

that objective?

The tape is excluded.

What's next?

Your honour!

Excluded, counselor!

Major.

We are out of witnesses.

Prosecution rests.

This is a capital case.

An objective judge would have

admitted the tape.

We'll hear from the defense

next Friday.

This is ground for an appeal.

Tommy?

Claire?

We will appeal this.

Stop. You can't fight them.

don't talk that way.

We will get another break.

You don't know this people.

Stop it before you get yourself

hurt.

We can win this.

I'm not going to let them do

this to you.

What are you doing?

Is that a ....

Must have done it when they

install the phones.

And you two were so ready to

blame Terry.

So self-righteous.

Let's go to Federal.

demand a retrial.

denied.

There's no way we can proof

that they have anything to do

with all this.

Then what?

We are out of witnesses and

we are out of time.

Maybe it is time that we heard

from the Brigadier General.

I don't understand.

No.

You think we should pay him a

visit?

I think you should pay him a

visit.

Why me?

Are you scare of them?

No, but....

I'm just a torn on the marine

corps ass.

But you my dear?

You're the pretty,

young sympathetic little wife.

I don't play those games.

Sh*t.

General Marks.

No press please.

I'm not from the press,

how do you do?

Miss?

Kubik, Claire Kubik.

I'm representing my husband.

Mrs. Kubik, good day.

General Marks.

You gave Hernandez an order.

-I have nothing to say to you.

He knew detachment 27 will come

under attack.

You're a dignify man sir.

And the cover up.

I dare you.

Your man Hernandez overreacted

and a open fire.

Young lady you are way out your

line.

Listen to this Sir and tell me

how out of the line I am.

This is CW Grimes and

associate.

If you want to talk to Charlie,

leave a message after the beep.

If you want to talk to Delailah

you should get your head examined.

Charlie that was a great idea.

He flicks me off like a flea.

I'm going to loose my mind.

I mean we cannot let them get

away with this.

There has to be somebody was

there.

There has be somebody whose?

directory assistant.

The Herald?

When you settle down.

I do have something to say.

You know that I cannot legally

comment on?

the details of the court

marshall proceeding.

But I would however like to say

that my husband is innocent

There is a man who is stranger

to me who said to me last week,

that all lawyers are a waste

of oxygen.

As a wife and attorney,

I greatly feel that justice will

not be served.

And I would like to challenge

that man or whoever who know

what happened to come forward.

press conference with attorney

Claire Kubik.

She is continuing insisting

that her husband is innocent.

As an attorney and wife, she is

clearly standing by her man.

The whole firm saw you at the

Hello Alex,

I have been expecting you.

I'll...

I'll send in my resignation

tomorrow.

Get in.

No.

Wait, okay, wait.

Where are we going?

I want to know the truth.

I want to know what happened

at Las Calinas.

You don't care about the truth.

All you care about,

is saving your husband.

Get out.

You want to know about

Las Calinas?

Women like you?

beautiful, young?

And the old people? begging for their lives.

Jesus Christ.

It was 12 years ago.

They all looked the same in

green uniforms?

don't be foolish.

I just want to show you a

photograph.

I remember him.

The one with the patch over his

eye.

The blood is still fresh in

Montezo.

This man was in Montezo?

Of course he was.

He killed dinelo Chicon.

Chicon was in the Cafe.

In a secret meeting.

And this man was there.

He was there.

That is how he hurt his eye.

Chicon blew off the cafe and

killed the 3 American students.

You people believe anything.

The students were killed by

mistake.

Because the American military

didn't know they were there.

To cover it up,

they blamed the rebels and were

looking for their leader in

Las Calinas.

But they knew he was already

dead.

They knew they had killed him

with the bomb.

Thanks a lot.

You're welcome.

If it isn't the little miss

You're drunk.

You're suppose to call me...

And you got....

Charlie, I called you.

I was out.

But you could have called back.

I thought we had an agreement.

Excuse me.

I thought we had an agreement.

I thought me and you were fine.

But you know, partner don't...

Charlie, it worked.

Charlie,

What?

I just spent an hour with the

guy.

He's the real deal.

He saw the whole thing.

Tom is innocent.

This proof that there's a cover

up and it is bigger than we

thought.

I need you sober!

Come on.

Yeah, alright.

Let's get you home.

Okay, baby.

No, Charlie.

Chris last one.

Just one more.

Forget about it.

I got it.

Come on partner.

Alright partner.

What the hell was that?

Oh, my God!

Sh*t, it's oil!

Hey, sweetie.

I had the worst dream.

I dream I was pregnant and

these people came took the baby

away.

You one lucky girl.

You and the gentleman.

I want you to take something.

don't you worry about a thing.

You'll have another baby.

What?

don't you worry.

-What?

You'll have another one.

Jackie?

No.

Be strong, be strong.

Claire, is Charlie.

Come in.

Hi.

How's your neck?

Oh, it's alright.

I had it worse the last time

looking at pretty women like you

on the street.

I'm truly sorry, Claire.

I wanted that baby so much,

Charlie.

You know I kept thinking.

Maybe there is something wrong

with me or I didn't deserve it.

I wouldn't be a good mother.

I really didn't think they'll

do something like this.

I'm at zero, Charlie.

Hold now. Listen to me.

I know about zero.

I've hit bottom.

And I was on my way back

before that accident.

But you know what?

I think we were spared for some

reason.

And you got to believe that.

So, if we are gonna make it

over this is day one.

Okay?

You got another visitor.

Merry Christmas.

You alright?

I owe you an apology

Lieutenant.

We were mistaken.

That's ok.

Although I'm not sure 'merry'

is the right word to use around

here.

Well, that's why you might be

wrong, Mrs. Kubik.

If it's true Hernandez injured

his eye in the bombing,

he would've got an immediate

treatment for it.

And they just keep records

about those operations so we can

go and look them up?

No, he would've insisted on it

for insurance purposes.

So the government can ensure

the amount of compensation.

Agent Mullins!

I just need a minute of your

time.

Some how I'm sure it's not my

good looks for which I owe the

honour of this visit.

The press accepted the official

version of the story.

But what if Chicon didn't blow

up the cafe?

What if Hernandez blew up the

Cafe and killed the American

students by mistake?

What if General Marks wanted to

cover the whole thing up,

staged a raid in Las Calinas?

First of all this is not my

job. And is none of my business.

I'm just asking you just to

look in to it.

Big and lean one, chief.

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