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.
Acting
James Cromwell's chilling patriarch—warm smile, ice-cold eyes.
Direction
Simon West leans hard into steamy, sleazy atmosphere.
Writing
The twist that recontextualizes everything you just watched.
Director
Simon West
John Travolta
Warrant Officer Paul Brenner
Madeleine Stowe
Warrant Officer Sarah Sunhill
James Cromwell
General Joseph Campbell
Timothy Hutton
Colonel William Kent
Leslie Stefanson
Captain Elisabeth Campbell
Daniel von Bargen
Police Chief Yardley
Clarence Williams III
Colonel George Fowler
James Woods
Colonel Robert Moore
John Beasley
Colonel Dr. Donald Slesinger
Boyd Kestner
Captain Jake Elby
Brad Beyer
Captain Bransford
John Benjamin Hickey
Captain Goodson
Rick Dial
Cal Seiver
Mark Boone Junior
Staff Sergeant Dalbert Elkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nelson DeMille's novel was inspired by real West Point scandals, including a 1980 case where cadets were expelled for similar crimes.
The film arrived months after the Tailhook scandal, making its military sexual violence themes uncomfortably prescient—and arguably exploitative.
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