Review of Eye for an Eye (1996) by Max K — 02 Oct 2011
Available on streaming Netflix. This is a very silly revenge thriller. It's a little sad that it was directed by Schlesinger. I mean, after "Midnight Cowboy", you woulda thought this guy had a lot more ART left in him. Well, not really. ("Madame Sousatzka", anyone?).
(WARNING: SPOILERS... YEAH, BUT, LIKE, WHO CARES, THOUGH...).
Kiefer does something really bad to Sally's stammering daughter and gets away with it. Now he's walking around a shitty downtown neighborhood dressed like a chulo (BIG pocket chain) and eating ice cream. Just to make us REALLY hate him, he parks in loading zones and pours hot coffee on stray dogs. I laughed a lot at his ridiculous "I'm a scary bad man" antics.
Ed Harris plays a step-dad with no testicles whatsoever who doesn't do a damn thing to Keifer except try to mount him in the courtroom. I've never seen Ed Harris more useless and wimpy and underused as he is in this movie. Good thing he has Sally, who manages to at least TRY to scream and fight and mildly kick some ass. The little thing was 50 when she made this one and there's one scene where she's doing her hair in a mirror and only wearing a bra. You don't see that much any more. (Wait, never mind... Diane Keaton in "Something's Gotta Give"). Well, something shoulda gave in "Eye for an Eye" and it never really does.
Mmmmm... Sally's airborne booty in those tight blue pants in "Smokey...". I'll NEVER forget that blow to my 7-year-old brain. Oof.
This review of Eye for an Eye (1996) was written by Max K on 02 Oct 2011.
Eye for an Eye has generally received mixed reviews.
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