Teena is sexually assaulted after a party by four addicts while her 12-year- old daughter witnesses the crime.
After a defence attorney manipulates the law to his clients' advantage, the criminals are set free, much to the disgust of Officer John Dromoor, who seeks revenge, after having an intimate conversation with the victim....
This could have been Cage in full Bad Leuitenant mode here, he could have upped the craziness that he is famous for right up to eleven, after all, vengeance knows no bounds.
But it's a shame then that he's playing it straight all the way through the film, because this could have been a wonderful return to form from the Cage, he's been showing his crazy side just lately in films like Dog Eat Dog, Southern Fury, and Army Of One.
Those were not the greatest films in the world, but it showed that Cage doesn't like to slum in his films, and when he finds a project that is more than a 'debt clearance' payday, he's on top of his game.
Don Johnson pops up as the strangest Attorney i've seen in a long time, camp, chewing scenery, and being an all around scumbag.
It's still very watchable though, the title is a little misleading though if you don't think outside of the box. Cage only really shares one scene with the victim, and that's at a bar, they talk, exchange numbers, and that's pretty much that for their interaction.
So we have Cage spending the rest of the film just looking slightly concerned throughout, but when the titular vengeance takes place, I was screaming at the film for Cage to go into a rage at the antagonists.
It's obviously a Death Wish type film, but i'm just disappointed that Cage didn't realise how dark and mentally unstable his character could have been.
After a defence attorney manipulates the law to his clients' advantage, the criminals are set free, much to the disgust of Officer John Dromoor, who seeks revenge, after having an intimate conversation with the victim....
This could have been Cage in full Bad Leuitenant mode here, he could have upped the craziness that he is famous for right up to eleven, after all, vengeance knows no bounds.
But it's a shame then that he's playing it straight all the way through the film, because this could have been a wonderful return to form from the Cage, he's been showing his crazy side just lately in films like Dog Eat Dog, Southern Fury, and Army Of One.
Those were not the greatest films in the world, but it showed that Cage doesn't like to slum in his films, and when he finds a project that is more than a 'debt clearance' payday, he's on top of his game.
Don Johnson pops up as the strangest Attorney i've seen in a long time, camp, chewing scenery, and being an all around scumbag.
It's still very watchable though, the title is a little misleading though if you don't think outside of the box. Cage only really shares one scene with the victim, and that's at a bar, they talk, exchange numbers, and that's pretty much that for their interaction.
So we have Cage spending the rest of the film just looking slightly concerned throughout, but when the titular vengeance takes place, I was screaming at the film for Cage to go into a rage at the antagonists.
It's obviously a Death Wish type film, but i'm just disappointed that Cage didn't realise how dark and mentally unstable his character could have been.