Ashley Judd and James Caviezel

Tom's real name, however, isn't Tom. It's Ronald Chapman. At least it was until he disappeared following the alleged atrocities 15 years earlier. He resurfaced with a new identity as a mild-mannered Marin County, California contractor. But after a botched burglary at the Kubik house, the FBI discovers that Tom's fingerprints at the crime scene match those of the missing soldier Chapman. He is arrested, his past life revealed, and he's brought to trial to be railroaded for war crimes that he and a polygraph say he didn't commit.

With only rookie military attorney Lt. Embry (Adam Scott) standing between her husband and a life sentence, Claire takes leave from her posh San Francisco law practice to concentrate on Tom's defense. She then enlists the unlikely help of alcoholic, Harley-riding, ex-army lawyer Charlie Grimes (played with surprising vigor by Morgan Freeman). Grimes, though down on his luck and with a hound dog for an associate, did at one time fight the system, win, and is eager to do it again. Together, Claire, Charlie, Lt. Embry and Claire's ditzy but delectable sister Jackie (Amanda Peet), brace to battle the military's top brass in what becomes a fight both of and for their lives.

Throw in a paranoid playground of cover-ups, phone taps and a few blows to the head, and you've got a chick flick with enough action to keep the guys glued to their seats. Imagine, if you can, Erin Brockovich playing Spy Games on the set of a Few Good Men and you'll be, if not in the ballpark, at least in the right city. And remember: Being paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.