Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Double Jeopardy
1999
**½
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood, Annabeth Gish

Ashley Judd gives another strong performance as a betrayed woman who seeks revenge on her husband who framed her for his murder. However, the story and its conclusion offer very few surprises. Tommy Lee Jones plays the heroine's parole officer, and he simply repeats his role from The Fugitive. The title of the film refers to the clause which guarantees that a person cannot be tried twice for the same offence.