The characterisation is so thin, and the plotting so crude, it's only the violence which sets this apart from the banalities of TV fare.
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01/26/06
Eye for an Eye (1996)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:3
Rotten:31
Average Rating:3.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Karen and Mack McCann's worst nightmare comes true when their teenage daughter is brutally raped and murdered by Robert Doob, a cold, sneering lowlife. Matters deteriorate even further when the... [More]
Starring: Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Joe Mantegna
Director: John Schlesinger
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Reviews for Eye for an Eye
Directed by John Schlesinger from a screenplay by the Posse Comitatus.
08/04/09
Any pretence of thoughtful debate has long since been abandoned.
08/04/09
Although it poses the interesting moral dilemma behind taking the law into your own hands, Schlesinger's film borders on the distasteful in its portrayal of rape and murder.
08/04/09
Rotten revenge flick. Avoid.
07/16/03
With a target as nasty as he, when Karen wants to take the law into her own hands, you can't help thinking, Go to it.
01/01/00
No review available.
01/12/04
By showing this in graphic, R-rated terms (albeit with quick, MTV-style edits), the scene's power is diluted and the film's exploitative tendencies are revealed early on.
01/01/00
While the tension slowly builds up over the course of the film, it never quite makes it to where it desperately needed to go.
01/01/00
A nasty, incompetent piece of work.
01/01/00
Top CriticEmbarrassing.
04/23/03
No review available.
07/04/05
Despite paying lip service to high ideals, Schlesinger's movie has no moral compass, and is only interested in delivering cheap thrills.
01/01/00
Top CriticNever in his varied career has Mr. Schlesinger made a film as mean-spirited and empty as this.
05/20/03
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05/14/03
A B movie that somehow won the lottery and got an A-movie cast and director.
03/26/09
Top Critic[A] really awful, hysterical thriller.
08/04/09
Top CriticI felt manipulated. Yeah, I know movies are about manipulation, but having Sally Field caught in traffic and listen to her daughter being raped and murdered is just over the top.
04/17/02
Director John Schlessinger presents a film about grief, justice and revenge that feels lifted from the TV-movie of the week.
01/01/00
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