Stars:
Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel, Amanda Peet, and Tom Bower
Writers:
Yuri Zeltser and Cary Bickley
Based
On The Novel By: Joseph Finder
Director:
Carl Franklin
Feature
length: 115 minutes
Extras:
Director’s Commentary, Featurettes, Theatrical Trailer
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and English, French, and Spanish
Language Dolby Surround Sound
Subtitles:
English Captions and Closed Captions and Spanish Language Subtitles
Packaging:
Amaray Keep Case
Chapter
Stops: 36
Sound:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Surround Sound
Year
of Theatrical Release: 2002/DVD Release: 2002
Theatrical
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Home
Video Distributor: Twentieth Century Home Entertainment
MPAA
Rating: PG-13
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
Ashley
Judd and Morgan Freeman teamed up again for this thriller about an attorney
whose husband is charged with military crimes from covert actions taken when he
was in the service. So she turns to a seasoned Attorney with experience in
military law to vindicate her husband, but can they prove he’s innocent?
“High
Crimes” is a watchable thriller though more than a bit formulaic, but for fans
of the genre and those wanting to see Judd and Freeman on the big screen again,
this should entertain.
Twentieth
Century Fox Home Entertainment’s DVD edition features a terrific anamorphic
widescreen (2.35:1) transfer with a good English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Soundtrack and English, Spanish, and French Language Dolby Surround Soundtracks
coupled with English Captions and Closed Captions for the hearing impaired and
Spanish Language Subtitles as options. Director Carl Franklin gives an
articulate feature length retrospective commentary that is somewhat scene
specific.
Six
featurettes are also included covering an interview with Author Joseph Finder,
who goes into the differences and realities of bringing a book to the big screen
in “A Military Mystery,” a comparison between the similarities and
differences within military and civilian law in “A Different Kind Of
Justice,” a behind-the-scenes looks at the “Car Crash” scene complete with
behind-the-scenes videotaped and final filmed scene comparison, “FBI Take Down
In Union Square” scene where we learn that despite the presence of movie
cameras and a film crew, people still called the authorities believing what was
being filmed on location was real, a featurette on our stars “Together
Again,” and “Liar Liar: How To Beat A Polygraph,” which reveals that
despite the tricks that are known by the people who give the test, there have
been cases where people have beat the polygraph though these cases tend to be
the extreme and not necessarily mainstream on the surface though it is not ruled
out. The (1.85:1) theatrical trailer with Dolby Surround Sound wraps up the
extra features on this DVD. The main menu is animated while the subsequent menus
are standard interactive still frames that are easy to navigate.
“High
Crimes” is available on DVD-Video now from Twentieth Century Fox Home
Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2002 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.