Vengeance: A Love Story

More like propaganda, every point spoon-fed to the audience, laid on super thick, no suspense, just the inevitable unfolding of vigilante justice against over-the-top, cartoonish villains and an amoral lawyer. I usually like these kinds of movies, such as Charles Bronson's Death Wish movies. But this seems pitched to a child audience to lay in the point one brick at a time that justice is not to be found in courts. Seems like one of those Lifetime TV movies rather than something Nicholas Cage would be caught dead in. Yet there he is, for reasons known only to him. Skip it.

Fits perfectly in the "this is so bad is good" category but it won't put Sharknado to shame..Entertaining to watch though! The worst part of this movie is the story and the way is told. Some surprisingly good acting from couple of characters. The little girl has tons of potential.

It was really hard to keep watching this film. The acting is terrible. The makeup for wounds and bruises look really cheap and the story-line of the movie is just a bunch of Hollywood clichés putted together. I can only say that it is not worth to loose almost 2 hours of your time watching this film.

There is not much of anything original or unpredictable going on with this movie. It is pretty much your standard revenge flick, where the bad guys get off in court, and they are dealt with via vigilante justice. There is one bright spot in the film, though. That is the performance of Talitha Bateman as the daughter. She acts in a relaxed, natural manner that is totally believable. In fact, she shows more acting ability than some of the other characters in the movie. But to be fair, there are a number of caricature roles in the movie that aren't very demanding of the actors (for example, the bad guys and their mother). Bateman is young, so I hope she can find some better scripts than this in the future, and continues to grow as an actress. At this point, she reminds me of how Saoirse Ronan was at the same age. Ronan developed into a very good actress. I hope Bateman can do the same.