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Eye for an Eye

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6.2/10 • 413

1996-01-121h 41m

Thriller

What do you do when justice fails?

It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.

Directors
John Schlesinger
Writters
Amanda Silver, Rick Jaffa
Editors
Peter Honess

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  1. Sally Field

    Sally Field

    Karen McCann

  2. Kiefer Sutherland

    Kiefer Sutherland

    Robert Doob

  3. Ed Harris

    Ed Harris

    Mack McCann

  4. Beverly D'Angelo

    Beverly D'Angelo

    Dolly Green

  5. Charlayne Woodard

    Charlayne Woodard

    Angel Kosinsky

  6. Joe Mantegna

    Joe Mantegna

    Detective Sergeant Denillo

  7. Olivia Burnette

    Olivia Burnette

    Julie McCann

  8. Alexandra Kyle

    Alexandra Kyle

    Megan McCann

  9. Keith David

    Keith David

    Martin

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CinemaSerf

Jun 30, 2022

6/10

It's odd to see Sally Field with grittier role, and she isn't half bad here as the mother who has to listen on the telephone as her seventeen year old daughter is raped and murdered. "Karen" and husband "Mack" (Ed Harris) are further devastated when an administrative cock-up causes the apprehended assailant to be released on an technicality. Bent on revenge, she learns how to handle herself, and a gun - intent on achieving what the law couldn't. Kiefer Sutherland ("Doob") is the pretty unsavoury man upon who she sets her sights. The premiss of vengeance here ought to have provided for a more robust framework for this drama, but sadly the direction meanders and the film quickly loses the pace is starts with. There is a convincing vulnerability to Miss Field's performance, she plays the desperate mother well. Harris and Sutherland, however, feature far too sparingly with the latter simply failing to inject any menace into the proposition. Though violent at times, it strays all too often into melodrama territory and ends pretty much as you expect right from the outset. Sadly, this is really not much better than a mediocre television thriller that I doubt I will recall next week.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20,000,000.00
Revenue
$26,877,589.00
Keywords
rapegunself-defenserape and revengegrieving parents