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Eye for an Eye

Play trailer Poster for Eye for an Eye R Released Jan 12, 1996 1h 37m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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7% Tomatometer 41 Reviews 60% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Harried working mom Karen McCann (Sally Field) is stuck in traffic, talking on the phone to her teenage daughter at home, when she hears an intruder break into the house and murder her child. Although the killer (Kiefer Sutherland) is arrested, a legal technicality leads to his release. Despite the best efforts of her patient husband (Ed Harris), a sympathetic police detective (Joe Mantegna) and a victims'-rights counselor (Charlayne Woodard), Karen becomes obsessed with taking revenge.
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Overwrought, thinly written, and all-around unpleasant, Eye for an Eye crudely exploits every parent's nightmare with deeply offensive results.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: C+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Empire Magazine Any pretence of thoughtful debate has long since been abandoned. Rated: 2/5 Aug 4, 2009 Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader [A] really awful, hysterical thriller. Aug 4, 2009 Full Review Alistair Lawrence Common Sense Media This bizarre and empty-headed revenge fantasy was a critical bomb and commercial flop on its release in 1996 and the following decades have not done it any favors. Mar 19, 2025 Full Review Grant Watson Fiction Machine Crass, manipulative, and deeply insincere, it is a marvel that it received a theatrical release at all. It is entirely impossible to recommend. Rated: 2/10 Nov 28, 2022 Full Review Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot John Schlesinger is one of the finest directors of our movie past. It is sad that this is all he apparently can find to direct. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 2, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Great acting by Sally Field & Keifer. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/06/25 Full Review Marilena L This movie was great! Upsetting plot that leaves the viewer with feelings of sadness, anger and doom. The acting was great. Sally Field and K. Sutherland were excellent in their roles. I highly recommend. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/22/25 Full Review Farah R The low ratings and negative reviews are baffling because Eye For An Eye is a gripping thriller. Sally Field’s acting is brilliant, and the film builds to a great, albeit predictable, climax. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/14/25 Full Review Ririn 2 Bagus film nya, rekomended Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/24/25 Full Review MTS QA C Eye for eye... hmm... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/23/25 Full Review perdiana - With its thrilling action sequences and emotional story, Eye for an Eye is a must-watch for action film lovers Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/23/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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John Schlesinger

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Sally Field

Karen McCann

Kiefer Sutherland

Robert Doob

Ed Harris

Mack McCann

Beverly D'Angelo

Dolly Green

Joe Mantegna

Det. Sgt. Denillo

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Synopsis Harried working mom Karen McCann (Sally Field) is stuck in traffic, talking on the phone to her teenage daughter at home, when she hears an intruder break into the house and murder her child. Although the killer (Kiefer Sutherland) is arrested, a legal technicality leads to his release. Despite the best efforts of her patient husband (Ed Harris), a sympathetic police detective (Joe Mantegna) and a victims'-rights counselor (Charlayne Woodard), Karen becomes obsessed with taking revenge.
Director
John Schlesinger
Producer
Michael I. Levy
Screenwriter
Erika Holzer, Amanda Silver, Rick Jaffa
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures, Paramount Pictures International
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 12, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$25.7M
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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