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- 2015
- Not Rated
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 33 m
- 2015
- Not Rated
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 33 m
Summary Eve (Tina Ivlev) fights back and manages to escape a malicious abductor. However, after discovering she may not be the only victim, Eve unravels a darker truth and decides to turn the tables on her captor. [IFC Midnight]
Directed By: J.M Cravioto
Written By: Rock Shaink Jr., Keith Kjornes
- 2015
- Not Rated
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 33 m
- 2015
- Not Rated
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 33 m
Bound to Vengeance
27
5.4
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Summary Eve (Tina Ivlev) fights back and manages to escape a malicious abductor. However, after discovering she may not be the only victim, Eve unravels a darker truth and decides to turn the tables on her captor. [IFC Midnight]
Directed By: J.M Cravioto
Written By: Rock Shaink Jr., Keith Kjornes
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
27
20% Positive
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0% Mixed
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80% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
27
20% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
80% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Even jaded viewers who have gathered vague ideas from clues planted by screenwriters Rock Shaink and Keith Kjornes about how things will ultimately play out might find a genuine surprise or two in store.
Bound To Vengeance is not necessarily an evil film, or even a hateful one. It’s confused at best, though it’s more likely that the film’s misguided pseudo-feminist subtext is a result of simple thoughtlessness.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
5.4
14% Positive
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71% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
14% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
5.4
14% Positive
1 Rating
1 Rating
71% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
14% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
Eve erwacht angekettet im Keller des Psychopathen Phil – aber Leichtsinn und ein praktisch positionierter Ziegelstein befreien das Mädchen aus ihrem Matratzen-Gefängnis. Als sie auf Fotos noch lebender Leidensgenossen stößt, mutiert das blutjunge Blondchen zur Früh-Feministin: Mit dem krächzenden Killer in der provisorischen Hundeschlinge startet im Terror-Truck eine Befreiungsaktion durch die finstersten Vororte von Los Angeles – im nächtlichen Racherausch jedoch bleibt die Moral schnell auf der Strecke. So unglaubwürdig die Prämisse von Bound to Vengeance auch ist: José Manuel Craviotos smarte Abwandlung des ausgelutschten **** sorgt für enorme Kurzweil und zahlreiche überraschende Wendungen. Nur mäßig talentierte Schauspieler, Haudrauf-Gewalt und ein zeitweise nervtötender Industrial-Sound holen den sonst handwerklich soliden Thriller auf den Boden zurück.
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Bound to Vengeance strains credibility (seriously, she never calls the cops?) and swerves dangerously close to exploitation often enough that its semi-clever premise can't keep it on course.
It’s a struggle to glean many positives from this ugly, superficial offering, which gestures towards feminist empowerment while heaping mental and physical hurt on every one of its female characters.
It trivializes victim trauma by treating its main character's best-laid plans as punchline fodder.
Date night with vigilante girl, short but passably sweet. Delivering her own brand of justice like she's Clint Eastwood on wild west, Eve (Tina Ivlev) is on for an all-nighter spree. Bound to Vengeance does deliver a few fresh, albeit slightly implausible idea with gruesome theme and its near psychotic characters. Nonetheless, the presentation is marred with frantic editing and jittery visual which can undermine the tension.
Story follows the heroine Eve, who has been kidnapped for undisclosed period of time, but eventually manages to escape her captor. Logic determines that best course of action is to run or go to police, but as the title suggest this woman is burning with vengeance. Thus, she coerces the captor into helping her free other girls with same unfortunate fate and generally makes his life more miserable.
There is ample supply of violence and gore, which is appropriate for the human trafficking theme. It displays a crude reality in highly dark graphic. Acting is considerably convincing by Tina Ivlev and Richard Tyson, the kidnappers. Both of them showcase mutual discontent while having their own emotional baggage.
Plot moves by displaying enough information while more backstories are revealed later on. Unfortunately, this involves a highly hectic editing. The shift might feel jarring, not to mention most of the scenes are shot in dark and unclear fashion. Effect and choreography are decent, although it's apparent that the movie works in smaller scale.
With slender runtime of a little over an hour, it packs enough content and grit to hook interest with the peculiar premise. However, after the ride is done and blood has been shed, it leaves unsatisfying taste. The nocturnal escapade will provide brief crime thriller, at the very least.
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