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Revenge (1990)
Rate:
2
Viewed:
7/08
7/08:
I only picked up Revenge because I saw Kevin Costner's face on the DVD cover, but I didn't realize until afterwards it
was directed by Tony Scott which should've told me what I was in for.
The first hour wasn't so bad, but Anthony Quinn kept hogging the screen time with his loquaciousness. Then finally, Kevin
Costner and Madeleine Stowe started to get into it. Although she served up a couple of sexy moments, I became bored after seeing
many more of them. By the time these two got caught by the husband and were forced to pay the consequences, I almost didn't
care anymore. At the end, I was left with the crappy feeling of having seen a terrible movie.
Acting isn't the issue. It's rather the story which has been done many times before. Why
must the opening scene be so like Top Gun? I don't like how the camera panned from left to right
and vice versa in a herky-jerky manner. At least, Tony Scott didn't go Man on Fire on me.
The plot structure is loose, hence the need for tight editing. It also never feels plausible for a minute when the powerful
drug lord-husband (if that's what he is) let the guy off the hook after finding out about the affair. In fact, didn't Abel Ferrara do
this already for Cat Chaser with Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, and Tomás Milián?
All in all, Revenge is a dud.