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Crimes Covered Up For the Good of Who?
In the beginning, the star looked like the gorgeous, talented Ashley Judd of 'Double Jeopardy,' but when time came for her to be a qualified attorney in court, she took on the personna of Marcia Clark, the competent defender of the O. J. trial of the century. As an investigator into this case in which she was too close, no way could she even think of being impartial, she traveled the world to find evidence to win her case. <
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>In El Salvador, she is givne the wrong information and she uses touch tactics with the government lawyer to expose the whole covert operation (so like the Green Berets in Vietnam) which gives her client the edge so as not to make the U. S. Marines look bad. She pays dearly for this mistake. <
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>This whole film was Ashley Judd, and she just was not capable of carrying the show. Making the alcoholic attorney with a suite of offices in a yellow adobe in Mexico appear incompetent was a bummer. He was like Howell Forrester, who let drink keep him from seeing things clearly, and thus was too slow on the uptake. <
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>Seeing her strut in L.A. and outrun a Chevy truck on the streets, flying into John Wayne airport in Orange County, and generally masquerating as a real female attorney like Marcia Clark was interesting but not believable.

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Plot Holes Big Enough to Drive a Truck Through
Fine acting, especially by Morgan Freeman. Unfortunately the drunk but brilliant lawyer is a bit of a cinematic cliche. <
>Then we have to deal with the conspiracy by the military and the husband being the fall guy. (Don't read any further if you want to watch this movie) So we go through this whole conspiracy investigation, the General is sufficiently blackmailed to have the charges dropped, then the guy ends up as having done it after all. So then the conspiracy was really a bogus plot device to mislead the audience. The phone taps,Ashley Judd being followed, getting beaten up, etc, etc, etc, all misdirection by the writers and director. but the cast and acting were all good.

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not better than channel surfing
Other reviews rant about Ms. Judd; frankly, after Double Jeopardy and High Crimes, I'm not seeing the superb actress, but that's aside the point. This movie has one point that can be summed up in this review so you can spend your time better on something else-- Search for truth, not innocence. Especially if you are an attorney.