This is written after my second viewing, not having remembered the first viewing when I first got a copy of it, judge that how you like.Unabashed fan of anything Stephen King and almost anything that Maria Bello is in, this is a good watch. It starts off at a pedestrian enough pace, has a shocking bit that he viewer has to digest then powers on and builds to the climax like almost all Stephen Kings writing does with twists along the way.Some of the story is a little predictable, but the acting by all concerned is well above average which made the movie quite believable. No silly mistakes and drawn out sequences where the villain gains a temporary upper hand like most revenge movies was a nice change.Overall an enjoyable movie, but not for the faint hearted.

'Big driver' was one of the four short stories featured in Stephen King's novel 'full dark no stars' Reflecting on the experience of reading it, I would say that it was fantastic. This doesn't contain any supernatural elements. But out the four stories, this one I liked the best. There was great suspense plus I wasn't disappointed by the ending. As reading material I was hooked on to it. It was enjoyable as well as intriguing. I had high expectations from the movie, but why should that be? It was a made for TV flick. Without a doubt it was well made and had a good performance from Maria Bello. She never disappoints. But something felt missing. The first half was haunting and one feels empathy for the main character but the second half didn't sustain the same level of enjoyment. It felt rushed and it seemed that she got over the ordeal too quickly in order to think about revenge. Plus the confrontation could have been more convincing. Perhaps it is just another case of where the read spoils the fun of watching the movie. Overall it is good but there are much better revenge movies out there.

If you're at all familiar with the work of Stephen King then you wouldn't even need to be told this was an adaption of one of one of his short stories to know it. It has his signatures written all over it from the talking GPS, the elderly character from one of our heroines book who is an extension of herself, the dark humour - it's all there. I'm told this sticks very faithfully to the book and I've always felt adaptations of King's work are at their best when they do this.It's very similar to Jodie Foster's 2007 film 'The Brave One'. A woman taking revenge for a heinous crime committed against her. These days the revenge genre, when the lead character is a man, has become a little stale so filmmakers are having to think up creative ways to keep it interesting with unique killing styles and traveling half way across the globe to find their prey. It seems the female lead character is still fresh enough though that the revenge can be enacted in a pretty straight up and down way.For a TV movie the quality is certainly all there. The acting is very decent and the story never drags nor feels rushed. Maria Bello impressed me in the lead role. She was gritty and believable and never makes you turn against her which is very important in this type of film. It never really does anything original enough to be considered great which is the only thing holding it back. But overall a good watch.

A well known mystery writer is molested and s under eeks revenge on those who plotted and initiated the attack.That sweet elderly lady who planned the writer's lecture and then thought of the attack so that her pervert son could get another attack under his belt was weird to say the least. Our writer turns into a female equivalent of Rambo, putting a knife and a bullet into the old lady's stomach. Before killing her, the old woman professed how much she hated the woman's writing. Another son falls for a bullet until the molester finally meets his fate.Olympia Dukakis has the thankless role as the victim's relative, apparently dead who comes back periodically to comment on what is going on.