Movie Description Karen McCann's (Sally Field) world is torn apart while driving home one day when she receives a call on her cell phone from her daughter--who is being raped and murdered as she speaks. The murderer--smirking, animalistic Robert Doob (Kiefer Sutherland)--is arrested, but is then released on a technicality. Seeking an outlet for her anger and despair, Karen joins a support group--and then a vigilante organization--becoming increasingly obsessed with bringing her daughter's killer to justice and gaining vengeance at whatever cost. Directed by John Schlesinger (MIDNIGHT COWBOY) and based on the novel by Erika Holzer.
| Credits | | Cast: | Beverly D'Angelo, Ed Harris, Joe Mantegna, Keith David |
| Details | | Edition: | Checkpoint | | Sound: | Stereo Sound |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Checkpoint Packaging Widescreen Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 2.0 - English Dolby Digital Stereo - French Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection, Released theatrically in the USA January 12, 1996. The film grossed $26.8 million domestically.
Color by DeLuxe. Filmed with Panavision cameras and lenses. Printed on Eastman Kodak Film.
Shot on location in Los Feliz, Pasadena, downtown Los Angeles, Hancock Park, and in the Miracle Mile/mid-Wilshire sections.
Principal photography began on April 24, 1995 and completed July 11, 1995.
Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Copyright 1995 Paramount Pictures.
Editorial Reviews "...Fine direction, photography and plotting have rarely been combined so effectively in a serial-killer story....Kiefer Sutherland excels in his juicily repellant role..." Sight and Sound - p.39-40 - Chris Savage King (06/01/1996)
"A high concept plot, a hot-button social issue....Sally Field toplines to good effect....Woodard is a standout..." Variety - Joe Leydon (01/15/1996)
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