I like both Ashley Judd, and Tommy Lee Jones body of work and this film reflects positively on them as does Bruce Greenwood's performance as the deceiving and corrupt husband. Ashley Judd plays Libby, the wife of a well-to-do husband Nick, (Bruce Greenwood) who has been deceiving everyone regarding his financial stability. In his efforts to circumvent the debt collectors who are circling like vultures on a fresh but dead carcass and to refresh his negative balance bank account Nick establishes a plan that requires his wife Libby and him to purchase a sailboat, where he will be perceived as being murdered by his wife Libby and thrown overboard, never to be seen again. Libby's sister Angie (Annabeth Gish) is the one person that Libby can depend upon to take care of her young son while her trial for first degree murder of her husband proceeds through the court system.
After Libby is found responsible for her husband Nick's murder, she is sentenced to a long prison term. While in prison Libby discovers that not only is Nick alive but he has cashed in on his own life insurance policy by having Libby's sister Angie who was entrusted with the care and upbringing of her own son, by shaking up with Nick and in the middle of the night moving to another city under an alias name.
Libby tales refuge in prison with a few other savvy female prisoners who help Libby stay both physically and mentally in shape in an effort to someday get out of prison and then kill her husband Nick, by which she cannot be tried twice for his murder. Thus the movie title, Double Jeopardy.
I consider it a science-fiction genre film because the plot has more holes than a block of Swiss cheese. Tommy Lee Jones plays Libby's parole officer who requires a lot of convincing by Libby and others of her innocence in the crime of murder that she was wrongly found guilty of committing, before he eventually realizes that he must assist Libby in solving the real crime initiated by Libby's conniving husband Nick.
It's worth a watch, but just be aware that it's not a realistic plot that Nick can simply change his name, deceive the insurance company on a million dollar plus life insurance policy, and hide in plain sight with no repercussions by the courts and/or the criminal justice system.
I give it a 6 out of 10 rating due to strong performances by Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood, and Annabeth Gish.
After Libby is found responsible for her husband Nick's murder, she is sentenced to a long prison term. While in prison Libby discovers that not only is Nick alive but he has cashed in on his own life insurance policy by having Libby's sister Angie who was entrusted with the care and upbringing of her own son, by shaking up with Nick and in the middle of the night moving to another city under an alias name.
Libby tales refuge in prison with a few other savvy female prisoners who help Libby stay both physically and mentally in shape in an effort to someday get out of prison and then kill her husband Nick, by which she cannot be tried twice for his murder. Thus the movie title, Double Jeopardy.
I consider it a science-fiction genre film because the plot has more holes than a block of Swiss cheese. Tommy Lee Jones plays Libby's parole officer who requires a lot of convincing by Libby and others of her innocence in the crime of murder that she was wrongly found guilty of committing, before he eventually realizes that he must assist Libby in solving the real crime initiated by Libby's conniving husband Nick.
It's worth a watch, but just be aware that it's not a realistic plot that Nick can simply change his name, deceive the insurance company on a million dollar plus life insurance policy, and hide in plain sight with no repercussions by the courts and/or the criminal justice system.
I give it a 6 out of 10 rating due to strong performances by Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood, and Annabeth Gish.