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| Double Jeopardy--A Review |
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 Double Jeopardy: Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones. Stephen's Rating:  1 star"Well," I thought to myself as I went into this movie. "At least this is an original plot." And that much as true. Unfortunately original plots do not make for great movies, or even good one. In this improbable caper, Ashley Judd is framed for her husband's murder and sent to prison only to discover by accident that he has run off with her best friend. Hellbent on revenge, she escapes from a half-way house where she is on parole and hunts him down. Of course, she may kill him anywhere, anytime, because she has already been convicted for his murder and cannot be tried again for it, thanks to the Sixth Amendment. Though the plot is original, the action scences and dialougue are the same old cliches seen in almost every action movie. The courtroom scenes are a mockery. The D.A. asks Judd's charatcer (who, by the way takes the stand in the trial. I suppose her attorney never heard of pleading the fifth) "Who killed your husband then? Pirates? Aliens?" No, Madame D.A., courtroom manner of that sort is not allowed. Don't belittle the witness. And then after we are expected to believe she has miraculously discovered her husband set her, the writers ask us to take another leap of faith and believe that in just a few short years a woman convicted of premeditated murder will be sent to a half-way house. In a word, no (and thank goodness they don't, by the way). Tommy Lee Jones provides the only merit to the entire movie as a smartass, alcoholic, down-on-his-luck director of the half-way house who chases Judd from California to New Orleans. Still, correct me if I am wrong, but hasn't Jones chased one too many innocent people now. If I am ever being chased by the police, I want Jones following me, because then I know somehow I will be declared innocent. With nothing meritorious about this entire film, I think we need a new amendment to the Constitution: Whoever will shoot the writers, director, and producers of this film shall be immune to any punishments of fine by law. My call: Don't waste your time or money. |
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