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Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes22%
Metacritic47/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
1,072 audience votes
Key crew
- Simon WestDirector
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Christopher BertoliniScreenplay
- William GoldmanScreenplay
Cast
- John TravoltaWarrant Officer Paul Brenner
- Madeleine StoweWarrant Officer Sarah Sunhill
- James CromwellGeneral Joseph Campbell
- Timothy HuttonColonel William Kent
- Leslie StefansonCaptain Elisabeth Campbell
- Daniel von BargenPolice Chief Yardley
- Clarence Williams IIIColonel George Fowler
- James WoodsColonel Robert Moore
- John BeasleyColonel Dr. Donald Slesinger
- Boyd KestnerCaptain Jake Elby
- Brad BeyerCaptain Bransford
- John Benjamin HickeyCaptain Goodson
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Themes
rapepost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)based on novel or bookpoliticshomicidepolice chiefgeorgiacover-upmurderbetrayalgang rapeinvestigator