Eye for an Eye (1996)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

John Schlesinger

Writers (WGA):

Erika Holzer (novel)
Amanda Silver (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

12 January 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

What do you do when justice fails?

Plot:

After her daughter Julie is brutally raped and murdered, Karen McCann is turned down by the LAPD after...

Plot Keywords:

Rape | Group | Murder | Self Defense | Birthday

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 20

1:15 PM

MAX

Cast

Sally Field	...	Karen McCann
Ed Harris	...	Mack McCann
Olivia Burnette	...	Julie McCann
Alexandra Kyle	...	Megan McCann
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Robert Doob
Joe Mantegna	...	Det. Sgt. Denillo
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Dolly Green
Darrell Larson	...	Peter Green
Charlayne Woodard	...	Angel Kosinsky
Philip Baker Hall	...	Sidney Hughes
Keith David	...	Martin
Wanda Acuna	...	Hispanic Housewife
Geoffrey Rivas	...	Hispanic Housewife's Husband
Armin Shimerman	...	Judge Arthur Younger
Natalia Nogulich	...	Susan Juke

MPAA:

Rated R for language and disturbing violence which includes rape.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Spanish | Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #33987) | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:M (TV rating) | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:18 | Denmark:16 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

749 E. Temple Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

In the book, Karen's last name is Neuman instead of McCann

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the final scene where Karen shoots Doob, it is obvious from the frontal angle of Karen firing that her revolver is unloaded (the cylinders are clearly empty).

Quotes:

Karen McCann: Why don't you offer him a candy bar and maybe he will confess?

Movie Connections:

Features "Star Trek: Arena (#1.18)" (1967)

Soundtrack:

Concerto In G Minor For Violin And Oboe

Make sure you have a Strong Stomach for this rape scene.

This movie has been reviewed into overkill by many others on this board, so I will spare you another home-viewer's two thumbs down. However I would like to state that I am EXTREMELY surprised that no one has commented about the actual rape scene itself. I can remember watching this as a kid on Lifetime, and years later still remembering that scene to a chilling degree. In most cases for rape scenes, (at least the ones aired on television) they only get from the waist up in the shot. In this particular scene, the camera is aimed straight ahead at the rapist in a sitting position on the floor with the young girl laying out in front of him. Although there is no nudity involved, the scene is VERY graphic in nature. I don't know how in the world they got that girl to play out the scene so well, but I could actually feel her pain, as depicted in her face and screaming from being ripped apart. It was enough make me sick my stomach then as a child, and now as an adult.