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Murder is a two-way street.
Based on a novella from Stephen King, A famous mystery writer sets out for revenge after a brutal attack.
Big Driver
2014 Directed by Mikael Salomon
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Holy crap! This is the best Lifetime event I've ever seen. It's based on a short story by Stephen King, it has all of King's elements but what surprised me was how graphic the fucking thing is! It's a women revenge picture with a few nice twists. She's a crime - horror author, there's a horrible attack and there's a road to revenge. Maria Bello and Ann Dowd star so there's star power behind the acting, not models turned "actress", soap actors or reality stars making their acting debut. Mikael Salomon has directed some good tv (Band of Brothers, The Company) and some crap too (Salems Lot remake, Hard Rain) but fortunately this is a good one. Oh, and Miss I Love Rock and Roll herself Joan Jett has a role as a sympathetic bartender. How cool is that?
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I fucking love Guns and Roses. Chinese Democracy was playing on loop all last night. Although evidently over-produced you can hear Rose coming down from the rush of it all.
'I feel sorry for you
Not Sorry for me'
And then as I fired up my car today , the riff to 'Mr. Brownstone' blasted from the speakers. Pure bliss, unadulterated nostalgia and raw energy. Wow.Speaking of Nostalgia, I grew up reading King and the warm, frightening tales he spun throughout a career spanning three decades and then some. Nothing can stop Stephen King from writing. And I pray he keeps at it until he can't.
So, even now I occasionally find myself returning to a King favourite from…
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I watched this as a huge fan of Stephen King, and yes it has a lot of King trademarks.
Maybe because I'm a King fan I kept expecting twists; maybe because I've seen a lot of films with this kind of rape revenge story I was expecting twists, I was slightly disappointed to discover the twist was THERE IS NO TWIST.
Quite keen to read the short story and find out when it was written as it may give clues to the subtext behind the lead character and her actions.
It's not terrible - Maria Bello is always a solid performer, and I must say this could be quite triggering for anyone who had been physically and or sexually assaulted before.
Having worked in publishing, I couldn't help but smile at the author/reading group/true thoughts on your novel conversations - VERY TRUE.
An ok film on a rainy night.
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I'm torn on this one. On the one hand, I really enjoyed the performances particularly Maria Bello. As a writer, I could relate to how she talks to herself though I gotta say, this gal takes it to a whole new level. Bello's Tess, is a strong, quirky character and I admire her for that, but she seemed out of place in this rape-revenge thriller.
Rape is treated as just another plot device to inspire the lead character to pull up her bootstraps and even the score. I'm not surprised that the director, producers, and writers on this one are all men, because you can tell that they simply don't understand what a violation like this does to a woman.…
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Stephen King's Big Driver is a simple story about revenge but it's a very effective one.
This Lifetime TV movie is unlike every Lifetime TV movie I've seen before...its good.
King's story and Maria Bello starring as a mystery writer seeking revenge for a brutal attack after a speaking engagement, makes Big Driver a cut above most.
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Generic revenge flick, nothing new or clever about it.
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An sich ein typischer Rape'n'Revenge Film der mir alles in allem aber viel zu konstruiert war besonders was die Protagonistin betraf. Ihr handeln passte für mich in weiten Teilen nicht zum lose etablierten Charakter besonders was den finalen Rachefeldzug betrifft. Als Kurzgeschichte mag das vielleicht alles noch funktionieren, vom Film würde ich aber eher abraten.
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Maria Bello se esfuerza por darle algo mas de empaque a este telefilm, que es predecible y le falta mas mala leche para que sea un rape and vengance con peso, al final no deja de ser un producto descafeinado ,cuyo punto fuerte es la "película" que se monta la protagonista convirtiendose en una detective mas de sus propias novelas, algo ya visto en la trayectoria de King.
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A Lifetime movie written by Stephen King and starring Joan Jett is a phrase I never thought I would ever say in my life....time.
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This is a Lifetime movie? Wow!
Big Driver is a dark and unexpectedly violent made-for-television adaptation of horror master Stephen King's novella of the same name from his 2010 collection Full Dark, No Stars. I haven't seen many Lifetime movies so far, but this one is probably one of the best ever. The movie is dark and graphic but it also includes some comedic elements at the right times. The movie clearly doesn't take itself too seriously, which is a good thing, especially since it's an adaptation of a novella by Stephen King, whose stories are known for their often not all too serious tone and quirky humor. In that regard, it's very fitting that rock queen Joan Jett has…
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I'm torn on this one. On the one hand, I really enjoyed the performances particularly Maria Bello. As a writer, I could relate to how she talks to herself though I gotta say, this gal takes it to a whole new level. Bello's Tess, is a strong, quirky character and I admire her for that, but she seemed out of place in this rape-revenge thriller.
Rape is treated as just another plot device to inspire the lead character to pull up her bootstraps and even the score. I'm not surprised that the director, producers, and writers on this one are all men, because you can tell that they simply don't understand what a violation like this does to a woman.…
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