Bound to Vengeance

IFC Midnight | Release Date: June 26, 2015

5.4	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Ratings

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CrimAug 3, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Revenge is a **** Like Blue Ruin, but even more so due to this being a horror/exploitation movie, revenge can go horribly wrong, and not just revenge, rescue too. What seems a straight-up escape and revenge becomes a sprawling quest to rescue other women, rescue many, many other women, kill men, get unexpected company, and chase the specter of a possibly shady ex. From house to house, guided only by a manipulative psychopath she can't ditch without abandoning her quest, until she gets to the last house. She is gonna love the last house. Excellent buildup of tension at the climax, and that shot of the closed door, then her exiting the house while he panics and can't start the car - the reversal of roles in horror tropes. But the movie doesn't end there, with her at the peak of what she thought she wanted.

There are many rape revenge movies. This one has 2 things going for it. First, it starts without the torture porn. Secondly, it inserts various flashbacks that serve more of a purpose than showing the happy life she lost. It's not exactly a subtle exploration of revenge and survivor guilt, but I liked it. Thirdly, while I found the last flashback obvious to the point of partial redundancy, as a lead-up to the very final shot, it was good.

"It's more painful if you leave him like that."… Expand

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quincytheodoreJun 29, 2015

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, albeitDate 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.… Expand

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BITESCREENJun 22, 2017

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 dasEve 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 Rape-and-Revenge-Themas 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.… Expand

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Morana19Mar 2, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't know why people hate on this movie so much. I just saw it and I really like it and recomend it. Maybe it's not a typical horror movie but it has this tension that kept me on the edge. I don't understand the argument that the main girl isn't acting like she should, like call caps and stuff. I think that after all she went through she had right idea not to trust anyone else except her own intentions. I think that people hate the open ending and not the movie is self. :)… Expand

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