Libby Parsons, wrongly convicted for her husband Nick's murder, thinks he is still alive and wants to settle the score and find their son. As she has been tried for the crime, she cannot be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills Nick.
Double Jeopardy principally works as a suspense film for an early autumn evening.
– Keith Simanton,
Seattle Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
One of the dumbest chase thrillers ever to stumble onto the big screen!
– Glenn Lovell,
San Jose Mercury News,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A muddled thriller.
– Moira MacDonald,
Film.com,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The result has a drawback common to such movies: too much screen time devoted to the conceit when anyone who has seen the coming-attractions trailer knows it already.