10 Movie Reveals That STOPPED You From Walking Out
1. Tom Is Guilty - High Crimes
High Crimes is one of the several absurd Ashley Judd-starring crime thrillers released around the year 2000, with Judd playing Claire Kubik, whose husband Tom (Jim Caviezel) is arrested by the FBI for allegedly taking part in a military operation in El Salvador which led to the deaths of nine unarmed civilians.
Tom admits this all to Claire, except claims that he was only present during the murders and didn't actively take part in them.
As Claire and fellow attorney Charlie Grimes (Morgan Freeman) defend Tom in court, it becomes agonisingly clear that there's a conspiracy to cover-up the truth and frame Tom for the massacre. Pretty standard, played-out fare for the courtroom drama genre, basically.
Or is it?
In the end, we learn the shocking truth, that Tom was indeed guilty of all the murders, and even killed witnesses years before being arrested. At film's end Tom attacks Claire after realising he's been rumbled, resulting in him being shot and killed.
Sometimes a movie feels generic and familiar enough to set your expectations through the floor, only to swing back around and deliver a genuinely exciting twist.