In this gripping legal drama, hotshot Navy lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee reluctantly takes on the defense of two Marines charged with the murder of a fellow soldier at Guantanamo Bay. As he digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a conspiracy involving a powerful and intimidating base commander, Colonel Nathan Jessup, leading to one of cinema's most electrifying courtroom confrontations.
Jack Nicholson's 'You can't handle the truth' is the genre's courtroom climax. Sorkin again; the speech is the case.
'You can't handle the truth' is the payoff, but the film earns it — a military cover-up cracked open by one impossible cross-examination.