Review – Double Jeopardy

Ready for yet another run-of-the-mill, Hitchcock wannabe thriller? Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones star in this mediocre pot-boiler about a woman (Judd) who does prison time for killing her husband only to discover that 1. the guy’s still alive and 2. he framed her so he could walk away with their kid and a whole lot of money. So when she’s paroled she goes after the louse and is herself pursued by an ex-lawyer-turned-parole-officer (Jones). Eventually all parties end up in New Orleans, where ... if you want to know what happens, sit through it yourself. I had to. Why shouldn’t you? However, be warned that the surprise twists fall more than a little short of surprising. Even the title – a reference to the flawed theory that the double jeopardy rule would prevent our heroine from being tried for murder a second time after she kills her treacherous hubby – falls flat. See if desperate