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Summary: Predictable but likeable.
Review: Double Jeopardy is a film with good action, drama, and acting, but it doesn't bring anything new to the table. This movie is very generic in it's genre, but still has something to offer as an entertaining film.The most enticing aspect of this film is Ashley Judd. A beauty any way you look at her, and the ability to portray a character and not come off as an attractive woman given a slot in a movie makes her a must see in all films. Tommy Lee Jones offers an interesting role as a parole officer set to keep his custodial duties in line while faced with a moral dilemma. Without giving away the plot, let's just say he delivers yet again in this "fugitive capturing" role. Get this movie for it's entertainment value. Don't expect much out of it and you won't be disappointed. The actors pull off the predictable story line enough to make it one worth watching.
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Summary: Tommy Lee Jones fan
Review: "Double Jeopardy" is one of the best action films i've seen in a long time, by far. If you decide to purchase this film, I guarantee you won't be disapointed. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Great Premise...
Review: ...Terrible movie. Ashley Judd holds your attention but the script has a lot of holes, Jones is playing his "Fugitive" role again as he has too many times before. There are a few well done action scenes, but that is about it...Otherwise this is one of the worst of its kind. Do not buy this film. There are too many other better films in this genre.
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Summary: Go Ashley!!
Review: This movie is definitely not original because I have definitely saw this same story before but, I really liked this movie. Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones both put on a riveting performance in "Double Jeopardy". Ashley goes to jail for killing her husband who actually faked his death to take her son, the insurance money, and her best friend whom he was having an affair with. While she was in jail she then discovers what he has done, and then there's time for revenge. That's where that old Double Jeopardy law comes in, How can you kill somebody that's already dead?, and besides you can't be tried twice for the same murder. I guess that's the part her husband didn't think about. I think Ashley's character was not only clever but, she did some quick thinking to get away from her parole officer played by Tommy Lee Jones because he was definitely right on her heels at every turn. I would definitely give this movie 2 thumbs up!.
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Summary: Well made thriller
Review: I am happy to report that I liked "Double Jeopardy" a lot more than I thought I would. It's plot is neither original nor, frankly, all that interesting, but the movie is so fast-paced and professional that its parts are greater than its sum. Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones play roles that have almost literally played before, yet they are such likable stars that we don't mind that much. I think I am on the right track in saying these things. The movie was a huge boxoffice hit. The film's title refers to a long-standing legal rule that says that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime. I should warn anyone formerly or presently imprisoned for a crime they did not commit that, in the real world, this rule would not apply to the events depicted in "Double Jeopardy." Libby Parsons [Ashley Judd] is happily married to a successful guy named Nick [Bruce Greenwood]. She thinks she is, anyway. One day the couple decides to leave their young son in the care of a friend, Angela [Annabeth Gish] while they go sailing. That night, Libby is awakened on the yacht by a fierce storm. Nick is not in the bed, and there is blood on her hands. Nick, it turns out, is not on the vessel at all. A Coast Guard ship soon approaches, and Libby is rescued. A few days later, she is charged with murder, even though Nick's body is never recovered. Perhaps because of her not so competent lawyer, she is convicted and sent to prison. Before she goes, she asks Angela to adopt her son, so that he won't become a ward of the state. Libby eventually adjusts to prison life and gets to see her son from time to time. One day, the visits stop. Desperate and distraught, she manages to track down Angela. She phones the woman and demands to talk to her son. In this conversation, she discovers to her horror that not only is Nick alive, he's married to Angela. Libby bides her time. After her parole a few years later, she is assigned to a halfway house run by Travis Lehman [Tommy Lee Jones]. She doesn't stick around long and runs off, intending to do to Nick what she didn't do to him in the first place. Travis has no choice but to pursue her. [NOTE: There is very little I have said here that wasn't shown in the movie's trailers, so, if you think I've given too much away, blame Paramount. The real adventure begins after these events anyway.] When "Double Jeopardy" first opened, many critics dismissed it as a potboiler. I think they somewhat lazily zeroed in on the obvious. By that measuring stick, "Titanic" could be called a clinker. "Mission Impossible" could be branded as preposterous. Actually, these movies are those things. But they also serve a larger purpose, because they are vastly entertaining. As entertainment, "Double Jeopardy" is a winner. So grab some popcorn and settle down for two hours of fun, Hollywood-style.
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Summary: Tommy Lee Jones fan
Review: "Double Jeopardy" is one of the best action films i've seen in a long time, by far. If you decide to purchase this film, I guarantee you won't be disapointed. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Great Premise...
Review: ...Terrible movie. Ashley Judd holds your attention but the script has a lot of holes, Jones is playing his "Fugitive" role again as he has too many times before. There are a few well done action scenes, but that is about it...Otherwise this is one of the worst of its kind. Do not buy this film. There are too many other better films in this genre.
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Summary: No surprises, but fast-paced script and good photography
Review: This 1999 film stars Ashley Judd as a woman who is convicted of killing her husband. His body is never found and the audience knows she's been framed. While she's in prison she finds out she can never be tried for the same crime twice, so when she gets out she goes hunting for him. Naturally there is a darling little child involved and naturally our heart goes out to the woman who's been terribly wronged. Tommy Lee Jones is cast as her parole officer who runs a half-way house. She spends a lot of time running away from him and this leads to some wonderful chase scenes. At one point they are both underwater after she's been handcuffed inside a car. There are no real surprises in the film, just some fine acting, good photography and a fast-paced script that throws Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones into conflict. In spite of the formula however, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Therefore, I suggest it as a escape film to keep you mind involved in the perils of the people on the screen instead of focusing on your own day-to-day issues. Recommended.
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Summary: JUDD AND JONES SAVE THE DAY
Review: We all can tend to be a little too critical at times..I've had that problem for years. Sure this movie is predictable and has a lot of those old cliches we've seen dozens of times before. So the real issue is did I still enjoy it? Yes, very much so. Bruce Beresford's direction brought out splendid performances from Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones and Bruce Greenwood. Even though Ashley's Libby does some incredibly stupid and dangerous things, I jumped right in and rooted her on. Greenwood's Nicholas/Simon/Jonathan is a lesson in sociopathic sleeze. Not only does he let his wife go to prison for his murder, he tells their son that his mother is dead, marries his wife's best friend, and then kills her in a gas explosion. One of the vilest creatures to hit film in some time. Tommy Lee is once again the Fugitive Hunter, but he's cool. Some of the action scenes are great and the ending serves up what you wanted..revenge and reunion.
I liked it.
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Summary: Predictable, shallow and without any flavor.
Review: That is how I would characterize this movie. You've seen it before and you know what's coming throughout the entire movie. I feel like a patrol cop telling the crowd "keep moving, there's nothing to see here." Ashley Judd gives another lackluster performance as a well-to-do wife who gets sent to prison for 6 years. You'd think she was sent to the time out corner instead. Judd portrays the same character leaving prison as she DOES when she enters. Wait, I take that back. Her character does do some sit ups to prove that she's tough now. Please . And you'd think this was another in the Fugitive series like US Marshalls was. Tommy Lee Jones needs to watch out that he doesn't make another movie where he's chasing a convict, or that's all he's going to be known for. Jones is a great character actor, and I love his work, but nothing he can do can help this lame duck of a script. The final nail in the coffin for me was the finale, which is shot in New Orleans. I'm from Louisiana, so perhaps I'm more sensitive than most, but few movies get the accents right. One of the few movies that come to mind that does get it right is Heaven's Prisoners. Suffice to say that Double Jeopardy butchers the accent. Not to mention the fact that everything is set in the French Quarter, as if that's the only thing IN New Orleans. Overall, this film is nothing but a series of cliches and cop outs. None of the characters have any depth. They are simply cardboard cutouts set against a paper thin story. If you're looking for a movie to pass the time, or if you need to pacify a teenager for an hour and a half, then this is your movie.
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