6.2
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.
Sally Field
Karen McCann
Kiefer Sutherland
Robert Doob
Ed Harris
Mack McCann
Beverly D'Angelo
Dolly Green
Charlayne Woodard
Angel Kosinsky
Joe Mantegna
Detective Sergeant Denillo
Olivia Burnette
Julie McCann
Alexandra Kyle
Megan McCann
Keith David
Martin
Philip Baker Hall
Sidney Hughes
Natalija Nogulich
Susan Juke
Armin Shimerman
Judge Arthur Younger
Nicholas Cascone
District Attorney Howard Bolinger
Darrell Larson
Peter Green
Cynthia Rothrock
Tina
Wanda Acuna
Redheaded Woman
Sierra Pecheur
Teacher
Donal Logue
Tony
Iris Klein
Office Staff (as Iris Fields)
Ross Bagley
Sean
Michael B. Silver
Assistant
Peter Kent
Detective #2 (uncredited)
Eric Morris
Columnist
Kim Kim
Shopkeeper
Janet Dey
Mourner
Patricia Belcher
Quarreling Woman
Director
John Schlesinger
Novel
Erika Holzer
Writer
Rick Jaffa
Writer
Amanda Silver
June 30, 2022
6
It's odd to see Sally Field with grittier role, and she isn't half bad here as the mother who has to listen on the telephone as her seventeen year old daughter is raped and murdered. "Karen" and husband "Mack" (Ed Harris) are further devastated when an administrative cock-up causes the apprehended assailant to be released on an technicality. Bent on revenge, she learns how to handle herself, and a gun - intent on achieving what the law couldn't. Kiefer Sutherland ("Doob") is the pretty unsavoury man upon who she sets her sights. The premiss of vengeance here ought to have provided for a more robust framework for this drama, but sadly the direction meanders and the film quickly loses the pace is starts with. There is a convincing vulnerability to Miss Field's performance, she plays the desperate mother well. Harris and Sutherland, however, feature far too sparingly with the latter simply failing to inject any menace into the proposition. Though violent at times, it strays all too often into melodrama territory and ends pretty much as you expect right from the outset. Sadly, this is really not much better than a mediocre television thriller that I doubt I will recall next week.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$20,000,000.00
Revenue:
$26,877,589.00