Eye for an Eye

Eye for an Eye is a 1996 American psychological thriller film based on Erika Holzer's 1992 novel of the same name. It was directed by John Schlesinger and written by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver.

The film starred Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Beverly D'Angelo and Joe Mantegna.

Plot
After Karen McCann (Sally Field)'s teenage daughter Julie (Olivia Burnette) is brutally raped & murdered in her own house, the assailant, Robert Doob (Kiefer Sutherland) is released from jail due to a technicality.

Once Doob is released, Karen becomes obsessed with revenge & begins following him. After Doob rapes & murders another woman and is once again released on a technicality, Karen decides to take the law into her own hands with the help of a vigilante group.

Cast

 * Sally Field as Karen McCann
 * Kiefer Sutherland as Robert Doob
 * Ed Harris as Mack McCann
 * Joe Mantegna as Detective Joe Denillo
 * Beverly D'Angelo as Dolly Green
 * Olivia Burnette as Julie McCann
 * Alexandra Kyle as Megan McCann
 * Darrell Larson as Peter Green
 * Charlayne Woodard as Angel Kosinsky
 * Philip Baker Hall as Sidney Hughes
 * William Mesnik as Albert Gratz
 * Rondi Reed as Regina Gratz
 * Keith David as Martin
 * Donal Logue as Tony
 * Grand L. Bush as Tyrone
 * Armin Shimerman as Judge Arthur Younger
 * Nicholas Cascone as District Attorney Howard Bolinger
 * Ross Bagley as Sean Kosinsky
 * Cynthia Rothrock as Tina

Production
Jamie Lee Curtis was originally cast in the film as Karen Newman, but she had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with filming the movie "House Arrest."

Box Office
"Eye for an Eye" debuted at #3 at the box office, grossing $6,968,044 during its opening weekend, ranking behind films 12 Monkeys and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood.

Critical Reception
"Eye for an Eye" holds an 8% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on thirty-six reviews.

Roger Ebert gave the film one star, saying, "Eye for an Eye is a particularly nasty little example of audience manipulation leading to a conclusion that, had I accepted it, would have left me feeling unclean. It's about an ordinary woman who is led to seek blood revenge, in a plot where the deck is stacked so blatantly it's shameless. It's ironic that this movie is being released at the same time as "Dead Man Walking." Both are about killers and their victims, and both are, in a way, about the death penalty. "Dead Man Walking" challenges us to deal with a wide range of ethical and moral issues. "Eye for an Eye" cynically blinkers us, excluding morality as much as it can, to service an exploitation plot."

Rolling Stone's Peter Travers critiqued Sally Field's performance in the film, saying, "Field hasn't looked this ridiculous or overacted so hysterically since Not Without My Daughter, another cheap-jack gloss on real emotional grief."

Peter Stack from the San Francisco Chronicle said the film was "well acted, well crafted and might have been a truly searing drama if it weren't so simplistic, pat and predictable."