Review of Eye for an Eye (1996) by Janet Maslin for The New York Times — 16 Jul 2002
This rabidly bad revenge movie is directed by John Schlesinger, who made "Midnight Cowboy," "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" and "Billy Liar" -- and unfortunately more to the point here, "Honky Tonk Freeway" and "Pacific Heights.
" Never in his varied career has Mr. Schlesinger made a film as mean-spirited and empty as this. The sole purpose of "Eye for an Eye" is to excite blood lust from the audience after the killer, played by Kiefer Sutherland as a walking smirk, slips through the hands of justice because of the improper handling of a sperm sample.
Mr. Schlesinger shamelessly underscores this outrage by including a glimpse of the O. J. Simpson trial.
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This review of Eye for an Eye (1996) was written by Janet Maslin and published by The New York Times on 16 Jul 2002.
Eye for an Eye has generally received mixed reviews.
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