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Eye for an eye. " An eye for an eye " ( Biblical Hebrew: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, ʿayīn taḥaṯ ʿayīn) [a] is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The earliest known use of the principle appears in the Code of Hammurabi, which predates the ...
United States. Language. English. Budget. $20 million. Box office. $26.9 million [1] Eye for an Eye is a 1996 American psychological thriller film, directed by John Schlesinger and written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It stars Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Beverly D'Angelo, Joe Mantegna and Cynthia Rothrock.
Jan 12, 1996 · Eye for an Eye: Directed by John Schlesinger. With Sally Field, Ed Harris, Olivia Burnette, Alexandra Kyle. When the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman seeks her own form of justice.
"Eye for an Eye" cynically blinkers us, excluding morality as much as it can, to service an exploitation plot. The movie stars Sally Field as Karen, a mother whose teenage daughter is raped and killed, in a particularly horrifying scene, early in the movie.
After the assault, rape and murder of her 17-year-old daughter at home, Karen becomes obsessed with putting the rapist behind bars. What Karen soon finds is that the criminal justice system is more interested in procedure than justice and soon frees the killer of her daughter on a vague technicality.
Beverly D'Angelo. Dolly Green. Joe Mantegna. Det. Sgt. Denillo. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Harried working mom Karen McCann (Sally Field) is stuck in traffic, talking on the phone to...
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Eye for an Eye. 1996 · 1 hr 42 min. R. Crime · Drama · Thriller. An ordinary mom turns vigilante after the man who raped and murdered her teen daughter manages to evade prosecution on a legal technicality. Subtitles: English. Starring: Sally Field Kiefer Sutherland Ed Harris Joe Mantegna Beverly D'Angelo. Directed by: John Schlesinger.
Eye for an Eye. A public relations executive joins a support group after her daughter is killed by a convicted rapist/murderer. When the man is released due to lack of evidence, she joins a vigilante organization intending to kill the man. 3,213 IMDb 6.2 1 h 41 min 1996. X-Ray R. Drama · Suspense · Dark · Eerie. Available to rent or buy. Rent movie
eye for an eye, in law and custom, the principle of retaliation for injuries or damages. In ancient Babylonian, biblical, Roman, and Islāmic law, it was a principle operative in private and familial settlements, intended to limit retaliation, and often satisfied by a money payment or other equivalent. See also talion.
Jan 12, 1996 · Written by on June 30, 2022. It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.
