Eye for an Eye (1996)

When the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman seeks her own form of justice.

Director:

John Schlesinger

Writers:

Erika Holzer (novel), Amanda Silver (screenplay)

Stars:

Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sally Field	...	Karen McCann
Ed Harris	...	Mack McCann
Olivia Burnette	...	Julie McCann
Alexandra Kyle	...	Megan McCann
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Robert Doob
Joe Mantegna	...	Detective Sergeant Denillo
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Dolly Green
Darrell Larson	...	Peter Green
Charlayne Woodard	...	Angel Kosinsky
Philip Baker Hall	...	Sidney Hughes
Keith David	...	Martin
Wanda Acuna	...	Redheaded Woman
Geoffrey Rivas	...	Redheaded's Husband
Armin Shimerman	...	Judge Younger
Natalija Nogulich	...	Susan Juke (as Natalia Nogulich)

Storyline

Karen McCann's eldest daughter is raped and murdered whilst on the phone with her. When the case against Robert Doob, the perpetrator, is dismissed because of a technicality, she starts following him and sees how he checks out his next victim, a woman he delivers groceries to. She tells the police, but is only warned she must stop following Doob. When she tries to warn the woman, she is shooed out of the house. Doob, having found out that Karen is following him, threatens to do something to her youngest daughter. She then seeks help from a group of vigilantes connected to a support group, in order to shoot Doob. However, a friend from the support group turns out to be an FBI agent investigating the very vigilante activity Karen is involved in and warns her that she will go to jail for the rest of her life unless it is self-defense. In the meantime, tension grows between Karen and her husband Mack, because he finds out she has secretly been taking self-defense classes and has been ...

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Plot Keywords:

pantyhosed leg | rape | vigilante | rape and murder | rape of a minor | 

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Taglines:

A John Schlesinger film

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and disturbing violence which includes rape

Did You Know?

Trivia

Alexandra Kyle, who plays Sally Field's younger daughter, was also in A Time to Kill (1996). Both were released the same year and also starred Kiefer Sutherland as the villain.

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Goofs

When Karen falls down the stairs after striking Doob and is laying on the floor we see him walking down the stairs after her with his cross on the outside of his shirt, in the next scene when she shoots him, the cross is back inside his shirt.

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Quotes

Robert Doob: You know I really don't like Kiddy pussy, but what I'm willing to make an exception.

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Connections

Referenced in Frasier: High Crane Drifter (1996)

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Soundtracks

Muppet Danger
By Robert J. Walsh

User Reviews

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.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French Spanish Korean

Release Date:

12 January 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Eye for an Eye

Filming Locations:

451 S. Main St., Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,968,044, 14 January 1996

Gross USA:

$26,877,589

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$26,877,589

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1