wcgreen-65865 Switch off your disbelief before watching Double Jeopardy and you might enjoy this movie. Otherwise, it will drive you crazy with all the ridiculous plot flaws. For starters, the premise is flat out wrong. The first amendment does protect people from being convicted twice for the same crime. The same crime means just that.... same place, time, circumstances and victim. It is not a blank check for someone falsely convicted of a crime to go on a crime spree to avenge their wrongful conviction. In essence, this movie is just one improbable... if not impossible... scenario after another. Very little that takes place in this movie could or would ever happen in real life so the viewer must be assumed to be a complete imbecile to swallow it all without question.It wastes little time getting to the first impossible to believe situation. Woman's husband buys her an obscenely expensive yacht out of the blue to show his utter devotion to her. They spend a romantic evening on it yet she wakes up the next morning alone and covered with blood. She walks around as if in a daze and discovers a bloody knife which of course she picks up at the precise moment that the coast guard pulls up along side the boat. This was a scene in almost every episode of the Perry Mason TV series, and each time I would say "Do NOT pick up the murder weapon!" but they ALWAYS did.The rest of the movie is just more of the same. For example, when she finds out her husband is actually alive, why didn't she simply dial up her lawyer and tell him? Lawyers love to find out that their clients were falsely convicted. It would have taken him all of a day or two to retain a private detective to track down hubby and prove he was indeed very much alive then Voila! .... she walks free, hubby goes to prison along with her best friend/accomplice to her false conviction and she gets her son back. But that wouldn't have filled two plus hours of screen time.If you have two hours to kill and nothing better to do then you might consider watching this movie. Much better to spend that time watching much higher quality entertainment such as C-Span or the Weather Channel.

LeonLouisRicci The Always Watchable Ashley Judd and the Sometimes Watchable Tommy Lee Jones are Teamed Up in this "The Fugitive" Lite Film, but Bruce Greenwood Almost Walks Away with the Show. It is a Mildly Entertaining Piece of Fluff that Never Gets too Gritty and Keeps Things in a Brightly Lit Atmosphere.The Movie Looks Good with Slick, Sharp and Colorful Scenery, but the Plot, Oh My That Plot, is so Contrived it is Criminal. The Clichés Pile Up Like Felonies and it has been Pointed Out that the Central Conceit, Title of the Movie, and the Much Talked About "Double Jeopardy" Doesn't Apply in a Case Like This. Didn't Anyone Call Alex Trebek for Legal Advice? This Type of "Error" is Inexcusable. In the End it is an OK Time Waster and is Typical of Chick Flick Claptrap that is Recycled Now and Then for its Target Audience.Worth a Watch for Fans of the Stars and Those Without Law Degrees. But the Movie is Barely Suspenseful with Much Telegraphing and Not Much Better than a TV-Movie.

Minahzur Rahman Its not a great film in terms of plot, but nonetheless a good thriller movie that keeps you intrigued and interested. Double Jeopardy is about a beautiful lady called Elizabeth Parson (Ashley Judd) who 'apparently' murdered her husband on a yacht on one particular night. She has been prosecuted for her 'alleged' crime and served many years behind bars but during those years behind bars, she strongly suspects that he could still very well be alive, and she sets out to seek the truth and bring justice once she finishes her sentence. Problem is that despite serving her sentence, Elizabeth also known as Libby (Ashley Judd) is under parole for a further 2 years under the watchful eyes of a parole officer called Travis Lehman (Tommy Lee Jones) so Libby (Ashley Judd) has a very tough task in seeking out the truth about her husband despite her release. Like I have mentioned, the film was good which will keep the viewer interested, but plot to me seemed a tad weak and could've been a lot better. One of the major things that makes this film good is that it is emotional, you the viewer will strongly feel for the character that Ashley Judd played - Libby and will instantly support her mission in seeking out truth and justice. From a personal point of view, it is hard to swallow that an innocent and caring woman can be locked behind bars for several years, but the beautiful thing about it is that the character Libby can keep her composure and be so patient to seek the truth. I didn't want these sort of things to happen since I'm too emotional, even though its only a movie, but yeah it does get to you and this is what makes the film pretty good. Ashley Judd performance in this film was exceptional and Double Jeopardy has to be one of her best films to date I think. I gave it a 7 rating but that's only my opinion.

WakenPayne Okay so the one main reason why I sat down and watched this is because I was told it was a good movie and decided to sit down and take a look at it and despite some really REALLY questionable things that happen in this movie, I didn't mind it at all.Okay so the story is that a woman named Libby Parsons who is rich, has a family and is pretty much on top of the world. One night she finds her husband dead and she is the suspect. When she is found to be guilty she gives her child to her best friend and it turns out that a couple of months later they've disappeared off the map and when she tracks them she finds out that her husband was alive the whole time. She then finds out from a prison friend that she can kill her husband again and she can't be convicted for it or in any way legally harm her (Um... I'm not American but I'm going to call bullshit on this one).Once she goes on parole six years after she started doing her time, she then decides to set out and find her son by any means necessary, even by abusing her parole. Through this her Parole officer runs across the country to find her and stop her (Wasn't this almost exactly Tommy Lee Jones' role in The Fugitive too?).I think some of the acting was pretty... Well it was kind of on and off. I'm not just talking about how some performances were good while others were bad (although some of the supporting players do a consistently okay job) I mean with people like Ashley Judd. I mean at some points she did a convincing job while other times... you could tell she was reading from a script. Although to be fair I might consider this bad directing/editing than I would bad acting if they were okay with using some of these takes.And the writing does get a little weak in places. For example Libby's sole defense for not killing her husband is "You have to believe me", and as I said I'm pretty sure the loophole that she could kill her husband for real and there will be no legal repercussions is a really dumb plot point and there's a scene where she pretends to be her friend who adopted her son to buy a car (or learn her social security number) and a scene later we find out this friend died a few years earlier in the story... How come the Car Salesman didn't call out on the fact that she's using a dead woman's social security? It would have been better if that was revealed then.Okay now based on those complaints I think I should say what I liked. I actually think the cinematography is okay. The chase scenes are well directed and the premise is actually interesting enough to get me through the story and as I said some of the acting from people like Tommy Lee Jones is actually quite good.So I guess if you like something that isn't that smart yet has an interesting premise, good acting and good chase scenes then I would certainly recommend this movie. If you are looking for something else then I haven't really seen another movie like this (not even The Fugitive) so I can't really pass a recommendation there so as I said if you're looking for a movie that has a good premise even if some of the writing is weak then this is for you.