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Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Glossy Sentimental Action Yarn!
Review: This 'action' movie was made by the same director that did 'Driving Miss Daisy' and 'Tender Mercies', so you can't really blame it for being overly sentimental. But the biggest flaw here is the plot that is extremely predictable and full of plot holes. Ashley Judd is a very talented actress, but her range is not evident here, Tommy Lee Jones is in familiar ground, playing a role he's already played twice. Enjoyable escapist fun if you're not too demanding. From a scale of 1-10 I give this movie a 6!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Idiotic Thriller
Review: By-the-numbers thriller wastes Ashley Judd as a woman framed for her husband's murder, and Tommy Lee Jones as a crusty-old-salt parole officer who chases her across the country. Laughable claptrap throws credibility out the window after the first 10 minutes: Judd is tried and convicted in no time at all; her son hasn't aged by the time of the trial. In reality it would take at least two years before a trial was held. Also, the scriptwriters aren't aware that Washington State abolished the parole system about ten years ago.

It gets sillier by the minute, with car crash chase scenes reminiscent of the Blues Brothers. Of course all is well at the end, but you knew that, right?

Not a bad rental if you're in the mood for some slickly photographed silliness, but otherwise a waste of time.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A female "Fugitive" and that's not a good thing
Review: This movie made a lot of money. Why? Because people enjoy seeing movies they've already seen, but just changed a little bit. Although everyone seems to hate "EYES WIDE SHUT", which is unlike any other movie, they still preferred this garbage over it. The plot is lifted directly from "The Fugitive" as is Tommy Lee Jones. The scene where she is locked in the coffin is purely done so people can go "Oh no!", but it is done with such implausibility that it doesn't make any sense. If the premise of this movie sounds intriguing to you, just watch "The Fugitive". Just stop having movies like this make money because then they will make more. Try anything else but this rubbish PLEASE.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Enjoyable - in a very light, uninvolved kind of way
Review: The trailers looked pretty good and after missing it in about 3 countries that I was in, finally got to watch it on an airplane. Not too bad for a basic action movie. Not enrapturing by any means, but as something to watch once, it was entertaining enough. I don't think that I will go so far as to buy the DVD though.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: A shallow and predictable thriller. A disappointment.
Review: "Double Jeopardy" was extremely successful at the US box office. Why, I can't imagine. The film is a clumsy attempt to copy the "Fugitive"-formula. It even stars Tommy Lee Jones as the "hunter".

The film has two major problems. First of all its predictability, which is fatal for a thriller. At every moment from the beginning to the end, it is easy to foresee what happens next. Even worse, the plot has more holes the swiss cheese. For example why doesn't Ashley Judd's husband take the gun from her before he buries her alive in a coffin. Tommy Lee Jones DID tell him that she is armed five minutes ago. There are more illogical parts in the script, but you can't mention them all here since the review is restricted to a limited number of words.

Fans of Ashley Judd might like the film because she is almost in every frame and she is naked in one sex scene. The rest can ignore the film without any feeling of regret. You don't miss anything. I hope that director Bruce Beresford, who once made subtle films, doesn't spend the rest of his career making joyless movies like this one.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awesome movie u have 2 see!
Review: Ashley Judd shines in this awesome action movie! I highly recommend it! Despite hard blows by the media chic is cool with Ashley Judd.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: could have been so much more
Review: I probably was expecting too much, but once I saw the movie, I realized that I already saw the whole thing by watching the trailers. Too bad, it could have been a great and suspenceful movie. Tommy Lee didn't do much for me here, although he is one of my favorite actors, he just didn't have it. Rent it first...

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Double Jeopardy
Review: Entertaining but rather predictable. It seems that Tommy Lee Jones has been type-cast as some form of law enforcement tracking down fugitives. The previews do a good job in making the movie seem more enjoyable than it actually is. The women's prison scenes are straight out of Hollywood and present incarceration as something more light-hearted than it actually is.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: FORMULAIC
Review: Nobody is putting in any real effort here. Casting Jones as the guy who chases the fugitive around, now there is a leap! It had best be raining out when you view this...

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: not what i thought
Review: Before I saw the movie, i thought it would be all about her hunting down her husband. However not so much of it was about that, and it had more about her being tricked by her husband and her pulling off some crazy stunt to get out of his trap and again hunt him down. Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd aren't in a lot of scenes together and I think that the chemistry between them is week or not shown in the scenes they were together. I think Tommy Lee Jones was tight-casted and it reminded me too much of The Fugitive, but he plays the part well so i can't complain too much.


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