Double Jeopardy

directed by Bruce Beresford
Category: "Suspense"
Year of Release:1999
Date Added:04/11/2008
Date Watched:05/30/2004
Description:Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) goes for a boat ride with her husband Nick (Bruce Greenwood). She wakes up in the middle of the night covered in blood and alone on the boat. The police arrest her and she is convicted of murder. After six years in prison, she is put into parole under Travis Lehman (Tommy Lee Jones), but she soon skips and goes looking for Nick and her son Mattie. Libby finds out that Nick framed her and faked his death to marry Libby's girlfriend. When Libby tracks them down, she discovers that Nick murdered the girlfriend and moved to New Orleans. Libby follows, chased by Travis. Libby confronts Nick. He's about to kill her, but by this time Travis believes her and intervenes. When Nick gets the jump on Travis, Libby kills him, then goes to the private school where her son is to get him.
My Rating:7

Reviews for Double Jeopardy

Review - Double Jeopardy

Pretty good movie. Tommy Lee Jones plays himself, as he always does. It's a little hard to believe Nick could get away with so much, but hey, it's only a movie.
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