Intense, brutal, and unforgiving, Eye For An Eye plays itself out fearlessly, exploring the excruciating pain of losing a loved one. When the system failed to dish out some general justice on the perp who raped and killed her oldest daughter, a mother finds that taking the law into her own hands just may be the only answer to getting some sleep at night. A mom who wouldn't even hurt a bug in the beginning of the film, will stop at absolutely nothing to make sure the man responsible for her childs death winds up in a coffin of his own. With a great story, and powerful performances from all the lead actors and actresses, this is sure to keep your attention...and will haunt you for years to come. The rape scene can be unbearable for some, but if you can bypass it, the rest of the movie is very suspenseful, and very well done. Highly recommended.

Sometimes stars have to appear in crap to keep the studio happy, but what happened to the great director John Schlesinger was really sad. He was reduced to doing tripe like this female Death Wish along with the equally routine "Pacific Heights". A long way from "Midnight Cowboy" and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" to be sure. Oh well, his quality films will live on. This garbage will only be there to satisfy revenge film fans. Those people might as well be watching Monster Truck Rallies. Schlesinger showed some skill with violence in "Marathon Man" butyou don't see it in this stinker.

Eye for an Eye (1996): Dir: John Schlesinger / Cast: Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Joe Mantegna, Beverly D'Angelo: An ugly portrayal of retaliation that manipulates viewers with its justifications. Sally Field overhears the murder of her daughter via cell phone. Kiefer Sutherland is arrested but found innocent due to malpractice with evidence. Angered, Field purchases a gun and spies on him. Predictable and pathetic justified revenge cover up. A laughable excess in hate by director John Schlesinger. What a sad decline for a director who once made interesting films such as Marathon Man and Midnight Cowboy. Field is a good actress in laughable material that her playing a death wish mother. Sutherland's blandness make him a prop for viewers to blame. The character is certainly bad but created more or less as a target for revenge as oppose to a compelling derange personality type. Ed Harris plays Field's husband who cannot reason with her. He will predictably lose hope and suspect her of things that she will not admit to. Joe Mantegna plays her lawyer who stands by her to the very end even when given a pitiful comment from her. Beverly D'Angelo also appears but just like the rest of this talented cast she can do nothing to prevent it from becoming pathetic. In films like Death Wish and Ms. 45 revenge was the subject and not the product. This stupid revenge flick is worthy of target practice. Score: 0 / 10

I thought Kiefer Sutherland did a wonderful job with the movie first off, his acting skills are hard to match by anyone,, how many actors today can bounce back and forth between movies and TV just like that.. Sally Field.. wow what happened to her since Coal Miner's Daughter. she did very good to in the role of the mother trying to get vengeance on her daughter being raped,, in the initial opening scene,, the teenage daughter is on the phone with mom,, and she get's raped and mom hear's the entire rape,start to finish, due to a technicality our rapist is set free, and free to rape and kill again. he starts stalking different prey this time, while our raging mother is trying to find our rapist and bring him to either justice or death.. these kind of movies have been overdone and watered down in the past 30 years. but this one seems to me to have a little more staying power.. I think that will be because of Kiefer's high profile,, 24,, and an amazing performance by Sally Field,, the Coal Miner's Daughter.