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Double Jeopardy
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A thriller/mystery, Double Jeopardy is a textbook example of a well-structured screenplay: sharp writing, drama and a seamless script phenomenally acted by Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd and Bruce Greenwood. When lithe and spunky Libby Parsons (Judd) is framed for the murder of her husband Nick (Greenwood), she spends the next seven years in prison, realizing that her idyllic marriage was a sham and contemplating her revenge. Upon her release, she braves an emotional wallop, outraces police cars up dark and rainy New Orleans streets and wreaks havoc on her parole officer, Travis Lehman (Jones). You'll be rooting for her every step of the way. If only there were more clever films like this.
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"Double Jeopardy" is one of those movies that takes a concept, places an unbelievable set of circumstances around it, and then unleashes it on characters who do stupid things. In a similar fashion to what "The Net" did for the Internet, "Double Jeopardy" does for the Fifth Amendment. Given that the movie's trailer reveals most of the plot, the only suspense in "Double Jeopardy" is derived from watching Libby track down Nick with Travis on her tail. Unfortunately, Libby's search for the truth is so full of coincidences, inconsistencies, and lucky breaks that it is difficult to maintain a suspension of disbelief. Either Libby is incredibly lucky or scribes David Weisberg and Douglas S. Cook were really lazy because:
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Double Jeopardy feels like a slowed down version of The Fugitive. Tommy Lee Jones' character is just an older, slower Marshal Samuel Gerard. The plot is nearly identical, right down to Jones' change of heart. There are plenty of chase scenes, but everyone walks fast instead of running.
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As a general proposition, the Double Jeopardy Clause applies only to criminal cases and consists of three separate constitutional protections. First, it protects against a second criminal prosecution for the same offense after acquittal. Second, it protects against a subsequent prosecution for the same offense after conviction. Finally, it protects against multiple punishments for the same offense.
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Double Jeopardy is presented in spectacular 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, enhanced for 16x9 televisions. Though Peter James' cinematography is by and large unremarkable, landscape and ocean vistas are sumptuous to look at, thanks to the crisp resolution. Audio options include Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Surround, as well as a French Dolby Surround language track.
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"Double Jeopardy" is one of those movies you can judge by the trailer. If you can't help but chuckle from the trailer's justification for murder via the Fifth Amendment, then you'll know that "Double Jeopardy" is not the movie for you. Other than some great performances, especially rising star Ashley Judd, this is a movie that they should lock up and throw away the key, since it requires the audience to be as stupid as the characters on the screen.
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