How to kill someone TWICE
 Apr 4th, 2001
(Apr 5th, 2001)
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Pretty decent story and some decent action
Disadvantages:
A Bit too predictable
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Yes
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Warning, this opinion will spoil some of the story if you have not seen it! Having had this film (amongst others, I actually have about 70 films to which because of my CIAO addiction, I have not got around to watching) on tape for quite a few months, I decided to start watching them to clear some of my tapes up.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY, in American law, this means once you have been charged with the murder of someone and done your time, you CANNOT be charged with the murder of the same person. Thus the title of this film sort of gives away the ending. What is the film about?
Well Double Jeopardy is a Crime Thriller in the Fugitive mould, about a woman Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd), to whom is married to a business man Nicholas Parson’s (No not the one that used to host sale of the century) who is in deep financial troubles, so he decides to fake his own murder, and put his wife in the frame, thus enabling him to run off with their son Matty and her friend (or sister or whatever she was), and at the same time clearing his debts. Knowing that his wife loves sailing, he sets about setting up his own murder whilst out at sea, so he goes about the job, by splattering blood all over his wife, the bed, the deck of the boat, etc and leaving the suspected murder weapon conveniently covered in blood, lying on the deck of the boat. So in the middle of the night, the wife wakes up, only to find she is covered in blood and noticing her husband had disappeared, she then notices the blood covered knife and picks the knife up, and just by chance, this happens the second that the Coastguard and Police arrive on a boat, shining a spotlight on her covered in blood and holding the knife.
Anyway, enough of that part of the story, Libby is found guilty and sentenced to six years prison, whilst in prison, she begins to get hints that her husband is in fact still alive, and actually living with her friend, the same friend she had trusted the son’s welfare with. So one day, she gets into a discussion with a ex-lawyer, who happens to be in prison, to whom informs her of the “Double Jeopardy” law and giving her the idea to exact revenge. Six years later, she is released on parole, under the guidance of her parole officer, the “take no crap” Travis Lehman (Tommy Lee Jones), to which despite nearly killing him and having several spats with him, turns out to be her saving light. Anyway, she attempts to track down her husband and son, which turns out to be trickier than she thought, as he has moved around the country and changed his name several times, to cover the trail.
I will leave the story there, as I don’t want to totally give the whole plot away, but I will give you my thoughts on the film, I found this a half decent film, that’s worth watching if you have nothing else to watch, but I reckon that you’ll find Girls\Women will enjoy this movie more, as it’s a Girly type story, and although there are one or two decent action scenes, I wouldn’t say they where superb. I also found parts of the plot where pretty weak, like the suspected blood on the boat, was it tested to find out whether it was her husbands blood and why did the coastguard happen to turn up, the second she picked the knife up (considering the fact that the boat was far out at sea). Ashley Judd plays the role very good, as the determined wife, trying to track down her hubby and son, and Tommy Lee Jones was his usual great self, but apart from them, the rest of the actors where mainly unknown and pretty weak.
RATING: 7 out of 10 Sex\Nudity: Some mild references.
Bad Language: Some.
Violence: Frequent.
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04.06.2001 01:25
You know what Brian? I am going through your back catalogue of ops, and all the ones on topics that interest me - I have already read! I 'll keep on going backwards...
06.04.2001 14:58
I quite enjoyed this film - nothing too taxing on the brain and generally quite watchable.
06.04.2001 14:32
OMG, I did not spot that comment, this is abuse, report it to ciao you may want that comment deleted too.