Review of Bound to Vengeance (2015) by Quincytheodore — 28 Jun 2015

Date night with vigilante girl, short but passably sweet. Delivering her own brand of justice like she's Clint Eastwood on wild west, Eve (Tina Ivlev) is on for an all-nighter spree. Bound to Vengeance does deliver a few fresh, albeit slightly implausible idea with gruesome theme and its near psychotic characters. Nonetheless, the presentation is marred with frantic editing and jittery visual which can undermine the tension.

Story follows the heroine Eve, who has been kidnapped for undisclosed period of time, but eventually manages to escape her captor. Logic determines that best course of action is to run or go to police, but as the title suggest this woman is burning with vengeance. Thus, she coerces the captor into helping her free other girls with same unfortunate fate and generally makes his life more miserable.

There is ample supply of violence and gore, which is appropriate for the human trafficking theme. It displays a crude reality in highly dark graphic. Acting is considerably convincing by Tina Ivlev and Richard Tyson, the kidnappers. Both of them showcase mutual discontent while having their own emotional baggage.

Plot moves by displaying enough information while more backstories are revealed later on. Unfortunately, this involves a highly hectic editing. The shift might feel jarring, not to mention most of the scenes are shot in dark and unclear fashion. Effect and choreography are decent, although it's apparent that the movie works in smaller scale.

With slender runtime of a little over an hour, it packs enough content and grit to hook interest with the peculiar premise. However, after the ride is done and blood has been shed, it leaves unsatisfying taste. The nocturnal escapade will provide brief crime thriller, at the very least.