The Tortured
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9 out of 100

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6.3 out of 10

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  • Summary: Craig and Elise had all the ingredients for an ideal life: a great marriage, a wonderful five-year-old son, a charming home and a bright future. Then, on one sunny day, their perfect world is irrevocably shattered. Leaving their five year old son, Ben, alone for only a moment, Craig is horrified to see him being abducted from their own front yard. Sadly, the desperate police search for the kidnapper proves to be in vain when the child is found dead. Craig is wracked with guilt and Elise cannot forgive him. Their relationship crumbles under the strain and Elise moves out – leaving each of them alone in their private hell. Months later, a chance tip leads police to the suspect’s door, catching him red-handed with another victim. Although Ben’s murderer is soon brought to trial, the grieving parents are stunned when his sentence is considerably reduced by a plea bargain. Utterly shocked and reunited by their outrage, Craig and Elise agree that they cannot live another day until they rectify this miscarriage of justice. Together they decide to seek their own retribution, hatching a plot to kidnap the man and subject him to the same monstrous acts he perpetrated against their helpless son. (IFC Films)… Expand

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  3. Negative: 8 out of 8
  1. New York Observer
    Reviewed by: Rex Reed
    Jun 13, 2012
    25
    A nasty piece of work that's been hanging around for two years looking for an audience.
  2. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Ed Gonzalez
    Jun 11, 2012
    25
    Robert Lieberman's Perverted Justice advert spins its wheels with scene after scene impatiently cut like a montage sequence.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    Jun 12, 2012
    20
    A last-minute twist implicating the audience in the bloodlust isn't clever so much as hypocritical.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    Jun 14, 2012
    20
    It's bluntly written, poorly shot and edited, and cruel without being clever.

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