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.
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08/04/09
Eye for an Eye (1996)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:3
Rotten:31
Average Rating:3.4/10
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
Reviews for Eye for an Eye
Top CriticAny pretence of thoughtful debate has long since been abandoned.
08/04/09
Top CriticDirected by John Schlesinger from a screenplay by the Posse Comitatus.
08/04/09
Top Critic[A] really awful, hysterical thriller.
08/04/09
This blatant button-pusher plays upon our most primal emotions as well as the increasing disdain for the criminal justice system.
08/04/09
Top CriticA B movie that somehow won the lottery and got an A-movie cast and director.
03/26/09
Top CriticThe characterisation is so thin, and the plotting so crude, it's only the violence which sets this apart from the banalities of TV fare.
01/26/06
Top CriticNo review available.
07/04/05
Much too overwrought and ridiculous to be taken seriously.
12/05/04
No review available.
08/25/04
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08/19/04
No review available.
01/12/04
Rotten revenge flick. Avoid.
07/16/03
Never 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
Embarrassing.
04/23/03
Sally Field versus Kiefer Sutherland...? I like it!
02/04/03
Top CriticShamelessly ugly and obvious revenge garbage.
07/26/02
Rather than make a statement, Schlesinger cops out in every way.
06/29/02
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