Year:
1999
Studio:
Paramount Pictures
Movie:
3/5
DVD:
1/5
Teaser
Nick and Elizabeth "Libby" Parsons (Bruce Greenwood and Ashley Judd)
are a happily married young couple with a son, Matthew "Mattie" (must
suck having a girl's name for a nickname). Libby's life takes a turn
for the worse when, on a sailboat trip, Nick disappears leaving blood
all over the place. Libby is convicted for her husband's murder and
Mattie is adopted by Libby's best friend Angie (Annabeth Gish).
Once in prison Libby finds out that Nick is still alive. Libby waits
her time and once she's on parole she runs away and goes chasing after
Nick and Mattie. Meanwhile her parole officer, Travis Layman (Tommy Lee
Jones), trails after Libby trying to bring her to justice. Can Libby
find her son and clear her name before the law catches up to her?
Movie
This is a bit of a thriller with action sequences mixed in. The basic
premise I don't think is quite correct -- that once you've been tried
for a crime you didn't commit you can't be tried again if you actually
commit the exact crime. But other than that it's a movie that flows
fairly well.
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Actors
Tommy Lee Jones once again plays a law man chasing after an escaped
convict. At least this time his character is different, being a failed
criminal lawyer turned parole officer. Ashley Judd has had a good
acting career so far, being a far cry from her mother and sister. She's
beautiful and athletic and comes off as being an interesting person in
interviews. Bruce Greenwood plays an amoral villain. Nick doesn't do
things because he's evil. He's just greedy and has no regard for other
people.
DVD
The movie is in wide screen format in English or French with optional
English subtitles. There is a theatrical trailer and a 13-minute behind
the scenes featurette. This is one those featurettes which both
summarizes most of the plot and keeps referring to the characters by
the actors' names. It's too much of a commercial to be all that
interesting.
Recommendations
It's an interesting movie that I recommend people see. |