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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
276 Views


What?

Claire, I want you to listen to

me.

I want you to stay away from

him.

He is extremely dangerous,

do you understand?

General Marks, he is like the

most decorated most powerful?

And you're saying you were

framed by General Marks and his

special assistant.

That is our defense?

Yup.

Claire, sit down for a minute.

I don't want the firm's name to

be connected to this.

Nobody knows Ron Chatman is

Tom Kubik.

Alex, my husband is innocent.

I'm not considering any other

possibility.

I'm even less interested than

you are in seeing his name

associated with a mass murder.

I just want you to understand.

All the possible unforeseen

consequences.

I'll make it really easy for you.

If the firm's name got dragged

into this, you don't have to

fire me. I'll resign.

Hei, Josh, remember that thing

from the twenty?

Thank you.

Claire can I do anything?

Yeah, I need a lawyer.

Somebody from the marine corps.

Somebody who beat them before

and hungry to beat them again.

Where will you be?

Bill, bill, William.

I'm looking for Charlie Grimes.

don't tell me you need a lawyer

because you are one.

I followed the Norris case.

Talk about a rabbit out of a

hat.

Are you Charles W. Grimes?

You just can't get over my

decorating, can you?

Welcome to Grimes and associate.

Associate?

Laila.

Rumour has it that you are a

very good attorney.

Formerly of the Jag Corps.

In another life.

And in that former life you

were having an affair with your

superior's wife,

and they pushed you out.

Let's not dwell on my youthful

offences, what do you want?

The military has set up my

husband.

And they assign some junior

lieutenant to defend him.

Who is prosecuting?

Waldron.

Tell your husband to cop a

plea.

Try to make a deal with the judge.

Military justice is different.

Wake up. Smell the napalm.

Charlie, you're not gonna

believe this sh*t!

They busted me again.

It's like?

every time I turn around,

they slapped hand cuffs on me.

That's because every time you

turn around, you made some

fault.

I perform a very important

service for the military.

That's her denial defense.

You do somebody at the base

too?

Yeah, actually.

How about your lawyer here,

is he any good?

When he gets up his ass, yeah.

How about it Mr. Grimes?

Why don't you sit up?

Nice to meet you, Lola.

I'm due for in an hour.

-In an hour?

Jackie.

I'm here to help.

'Cause, what are sisters for?

Tacky.

You got evicted didn't you?

What happen to the money I

send?

Too little, too late, too much

credit card debts.

All I need is an extra phone

line.

What for?

Find new job.

Psychic hotline.

don't laugh, I'm really good at

it.

Good morning, Lieutenant.

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