A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who has been living under a false name, is arrested by military police and placed on trial for the murder of villagers while he was in the Marines.
When a congressman's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school, detective Alex Cross investigates the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner.
Director:
Lee Tamahori
Stars:
Morgan Freeman,
Michael Wincott,
Monica Potter
A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.
Director:
Joel Schumacher
Stars:
Susan Sarandon,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Brad Renfro
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret...
Director:
Gary Fleder
Stars:
Michael Douglas,
Sean Bean,
Brittany Murphy
When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and is pursued by Travis Lehman (her parole officer) as she sets out to find her son and settle the score with Nick.Written by
Les MacDonald at <mcmac@mb.sympatico.ca>
In the scene when Libby enters the BMW dealership and asks the salesman to run a credit check on Angela Greene, the salesman returns and provides her with a current address. However, in the next scene, when Libby attempts to find Angela in Colorado, a neighbor informs Libby that Angela died three years earlier. Therefore, there would have been no available credit report and current address for a person who had been dead for three years. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Libby Parsons:
[Libby fishs with her son Matty]
I'm pretty hungry. Hope we catch some fish soon.
Matty - Age 4:
Me, too.
Libby Parsons:
[Libby winds the fishing line back in]
Okay, help me wind.
Matty - Age 4:
Wind back?
Libby Parsons:
Can we turn this one? Slowly. Slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly.
Matty - Age 4:
I am doing it slowly.
Libby Parsons:
[Libby smiles]
Okay, you got it.
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reluctant 7, Reluctant because "Double Jeapardy's" plot is so manipulative that it makes the whole project suspect-- wending its way at its own convenience, and at the expense of the characters (esp. their intelligence) and the nerves of the audience. That said, the worst moments of the movie are those early exchanges between the mother and son--I know these folks are yuppies but c'mon. The best moment is the "jeopardy" exchange in the woman's prison between Judd and the ex-lawyer prisoner. The redeeming things are Judd's athletic performance, her evil husband's very effective acting, the parole officer role (reminded me of similar pursuer in "Thelma & Louise") New Orleans itself, the New Orleans bar tender, and that the movie, from a sensibility vantage point, is pretty damn good for a thriller with too many chase scenes. That human moments can emerge at all here is amazing, but they do--right up to the end.
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reluctant 7, Reluctant because "Double Jeapardy's" plot is so manipulative that it makes the whole project suspect-- wending its way at its own convenience, and at the expense of the characters (esp. their intelligence) and the nerves of the audience. That said, the worst moments of the movie are those early exchanges between the mother and son--I know these folks are yuppies but c'mon. The best moment is the "jeopardy" exchange in the woman's prison between Judd and the ex-lawyer prisoner. The redeeming things are Judd's athletic performance, her evil husband's very effective acting, the parole officer role (reminded me of similar pursuer in "Thelma & Louise") New Orleans itself, the New Orleans bar tender, and that the movie, from a sensibility vantage point, is pretty damn good for a thriller with too many chase scenes. That human moments can emerge at all here is amazing, but they do--right up to the end.