Fantastic!

Better Late Then Never

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Stuck in a traffic jam, the mother hears her daughter's frantic screams. Instead of hanging up the phone and calling the police herself, she screams into the phone "I'll get help!" repeatedly, and starts banging on car windows asking "DO YOU HAVE A PHONE!?". She finally finds someone who does, and after telling her to call the police, she simply says "229 Eden Street" and then runs away. Then, she trips, drops her phone, gets back up and calls for a taxi. She has a vehicle, one that she left in the middle of freakin' traffic. And why not call the police yourself? Either the writers are missing brain cells, or this is a bizarre plot for AT&T to subliminally convince people in 1996 they need a cell phone, on the off chance a woman will bang on your window asking you to call the police.

This is the story of Karen McCann a loving wife and mother who seeks her own justice when the court system frees her daughter's killer. I have read the reviews of this movie, and I'm disappointed with some reviews. This movie is a brilliant piece of cinema. There are some plot holes, but overall this movie is superb. I will say this the opening rape scene of Karen's daughter is horrifying to watch. To be honest Every time I watch this movie I try to skip that part. However, if you watch this movie for the first time I feel you would be cheating yourself out of feeling hate and anger when the court releases the killer. The characters all develop so well! Especially the killer Robert Doob. Kiefer Sutherland is so good! His opening line in his performance comes at the case scene when he gets released, and he stares right in the eyes of Karen's eyes and says, "Sssssssssorry." He was mocking the fact that her daughter had a stutter. It gives you chills. Lastly, Sally Field is absolutely astounding she may not have gotten an Oscar out of this performance, but I feel any other actress who would have to give this performance could never do as good as she does! The same goes for Kiefer I feel he needed to see a therapist or something after this performance. If you have not seen this movie you need to!

So I have been looking for this movie for a while. I watched it years ago with my mother and only remembered three parts: A girl being killed by an ice sculpture while on the phone with her mother, the perpetrator talking to a little girl in a playground playhouse, and the mother leaving her hat at the perpetrator's apartment.After discovering it was 'Eye for an Eye' (some of my difficulty was likely because I kept searching for it in Lifetime movie forums' I was happily surprised by just what had made such an impact on me. The language is astonishing (though I'm not complaining, language in life is astonishing) and the acting is very well done.The drama is there, it knows what it's doing, and it delivers. Most shocking quote I'd say is 'I don't really like kitty pu**y, but I'm willing to make an exception. Stay out of my neighborhood, and I'll stay out of yours.' So, 10/10 for everything other than just how neatly wrapped all of this seems to be. The evidence proves JUST little enough for the police, so that the mother is forced to go vigilante. Every scene gives her JUST the right amount of information, and everyone has JUST the right things to say - most of the time. I especially loved a scene where a coworker discovers she followed the Boon around where he lived, she says 'Have you told anyone? Have you told Mac?' - 'No' she replies.' - 'Good, don't. He'd have a COW! And don't do it again.' - 'Oh I won't. It was a dumb idea. A dumb idea.' and sally field smiles. -- So how many people BELIEVE she is 'not' going to do it again? Right...Despite my complaints, a great film. Though I have to wonder if Boon have filed a complaint against the investigator when he grabbed Boon's testicles and choked him in the back room of the grocery store where he worked... I wonder if they man would still have a job??

You know, as a law school student just about to become a lawyer, I'm much aware of the problems that making justice by yourself can cause to a whole society. That being said, I imagined this movie would try to justify the unjustifiable, but it surprisingly goes in a different direction. The victim's mother becomes obsessive after her daughter gets murdered, but the film never wants to show that she could just murder the bad guy and get easily away with murder. That proves this movie isn't cheesy or formulaic, as I was expecting. The family portrayed in here is very believable and likable, thanks to a great performance made by the three of them-- with highlights to Sally Field, who had an unintentionally funny scene when she swears at the sheriff. Also, directing is professional, doing just like many suspenseful thrillers from the nineties have done. The plot is coherent and well developed, allowing the spectator to understand why the characters were doing what they did, leaving almost no space for doubts. Kiefer Sutherland surely had no hard time on portraying such character, given he did a lot of psychos in the past. All in all, "Eye for an Eye" proves to be a mature film that many of you might enjoy. Recommended.