NameTutorCourseDate:The ConspiratorRobert Redford clearly portrays himself as an activist but is awful at balancing his political viewpoints with storytelling. In The Conspirator, he at least has the courtesy to give a story. Despite solid performances and the promise of a complex narrative, Redford finally undermines his message of “Justice for All” by victimizing the criminal.The set is at the end of the Civil War, the mood is that of celebration but John Wilkes Booth goes and assassinates Lincoln. Perpetrators of this horrible act are quickly rounded up and brought before a military tribunal. Among the accused is Mary Surratt (Robin Wright) who is accused of providing the perpetrators with boarding facilities which also doubled as the assasins`headquarters. The Conspirator is however not Mrs. Stuartt`s story. It`s a legal drama which revolves around her attorney Frederick Aiken, (James McAvoy) who at first was reluctant to represent her following that he was a union man. However as the story unfolds, Aiken comes to understand and realizes that Surra...