Double Jeopardy

The considerable success of this US autumn sleeper only confirms why made-for-TV movies just like it are churned out in their dozens: chicks like movies about wronged women getting their own back, however ludicrously.

She's assigned to a halfway house, where her parole officer is a hard-bitten man of few and succinct words, played by Tommy Lee Jones. And their scenes together are good ones.

Fine performances, an interesting premise and a cracking pace elevate this routine thriller to well above average.