A Vigilante

The director or story teller wasted an opportunity. The movie is almost boring. I am a man and I feel for these women who are trapped in a situation of abuse both physical and mental. Making a movie where one has no concept of timeline is very annoying, back forth, somewhere in between, no info on what has transpired. I expected some more order to the story and some visual at least of the names and texts this Sadie was getting. It could have been so much better and the ratings, I gave it more than it deserved in cinematic sense, it could have been a movie which sent a strong message and be viewed by many adults, those in a bad place and those who are oblivious to these horror relationships. It's a sad part of our society in almost any country that women have to be treated with such low respect, low value, feel like less than an animal, a possession.... I have read much and I sometime wish I could have been a Vigilante who brought justice for these mistreated women....

I think some of the other reviewers were expecting Death Wish or Taken 4. That's not this movie. This story is about abuse survivors. It's about what it takes to break free.

It has some powerful moments that make your stomach drop and your heart ache. They felt real to me. Several times, I found myself wondering if they hadn't cast real victims retelling their stories. That's how good it is in that portion. But this is a slow film, so slow that I almost pulled out my phone to do stuff. That's never a good thing. I dropped my stars to a 6 because of that. If I were more honest, the story is more of a 5, but I bumped it up to a 7 because of the acting. It really is phenomenal, imo.

Olivia Wilde is excellent and the supporting cast are spot on. Direction, score and dialogue all work exceedingly well. I'm surprised at the low rating, one assumes the subject matter is not for the masses. Yes the tales, anguish etc are harrowing and you feel for them as any sane minded person would. However this is still a tale of fiction and does feel so in places, if our heroine had used more obvious means of correction then the story would have been more effective.

I disagree with a couple of the reviews regarding pacing. I think the movie shows what abused women (and in some cases kids and men) go through. You live in silence. You're afraid to tell people. And you have to move carefully around the abuser. That, I think, is what this movie is trying to portray. It's not as straightforward as some reviewers have mentioned. And Olivia Wilde is amazing in this!

Olivia Wilde plays this kick ass woman who overcomes/ accepts the trauma she's been through and she helps people dealing with trauma. Her acting is this is top notch too. I would have liked some more fighting near the end but apart from that it's solid!