a5c7b9f00b Walking home with her 12-year-old daughter after midnight on the Fourth of July, Teena crosses paths with some local losers to be brutally gang raped with her daughter Bethie watching. Bethie is able to identify the rapists, but when the rapists hire a hot shot attorney who attacks Teena&#39;s character, Dromoor, a local police officer who was first on the scene when police were called, starts to take matters into his own hands. A gulf war veteran seeks vengeance against those who assaulted a single mother. Straight to the point - this is a dreadful film. It has all the subtlety and breadth of a 3-year-old child&#39;s crayon drawing. Without exception, the support cast are absolutely awful in this. Their performances are clichéd, highly predictable andwoodena 2 by 4. The direction is unenthusiastic and the editing looks like it was done using Windows XP.<br/><br/>The story-line is something we&#39;ve all seen a thousand times before - only, even the worst version of this hackneyed story is better than this. Every prejudice you can imagine is wheeled out, beaten with a stick until it screams &#39;stop, stop&#39;, and yet, is beaten again. I know we live in age of the 7-second attention span but this film is a waste of 6 of them.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t go to see it. And, sureheck, don&#39;t pay money to see it. &quot;Vengeance: A Love Story&quot; is an excellent movie that holds your attention, drawing you into an environment where you really feel some intense emotions. The screenplay is excellent. The acting is so natural that you feel you know the characters. It&#39;s obvious that this movie has a great director; every actor delivers a very good to exceptional performance.<br/><br/>The story isn&#39;t unfamiliar. A rape victim who is physically and emotionally brutalized (her young daughter is present during the attack) suffers additionally at the hands of the court system. The difference in this story is the cop who feels he needs to protect someone who now considers herself a lost soul without any possibility of redemption.<br/><br/>Nicolas Cage and Don Johnson deliver the performances you expect from these great actors. One pleasant surprise is Talitha Bateman (playing the daughter, Bethie). She does such a great job that you believe Bethie can truly behave so advanced and past her age.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t&#39; miss seeing &quot;Vengeance: A Love Story&quot;. There is some exaggeration to make a point and provide more interest, but this is a very good movie with an interesting story.
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