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?

Maria Bello was good I guess?

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.

Für einen Tv-Film nett gemachter kleiner Streifen der keine Extreme besitzt und nicht herausragt, sich jedoch auch keine Fehler erlaubt und kleine krude Ideen aufweist.
Haut sich ins Mittelfeld der King-Verfilmungen..gerade noch 7 von 10

Bland and mediocre. Tess narrating the whole thing was so annoying. Show, don't tell!

Mario Bello tries hard, but flounders with the terrible material she's given. Everyone else overacts like their life depended on it. Joan Jett is actually kind of good, though.

Best part of this film was Tom. Very lackluster Stephen King adaptation.

Handwerklich ganz okay, in allen anderen Belangen aber extrem unterdurchschnittlich.
Weder der Cast noch die abstruse Story wissen zu überzeugen und der Film bleibt dabei so spannend wie der Prius der Protagonist.

#Horrorctober 2017 - Film 1

Stephen King goes Rape and Revenge in einem TV-Film. Sieht genauso aus, fühlt sich genauso an, ist aber weitgehend solide und unterhaltsam.

I read the Novella this is based on when it first came out. I'm a big Stephen King Fan so I was wondering when I found out this was made into a movie in 2014 and I never even heard of it. So I checked it out when I saw it on amazon prime.

It wasn't anything special, but it wasn't bad. It did the story justice as far as I remember. Acting was good.

Of course I knew the plot points and the ending. But I still enjoyed the movie enough.

I'm rating this 3 out of 5 stars and a like. Not the worst SK adaption, not the best.

Un "rape and vengance" desnatado con pinta de TVMovie, donde Maria Bello es lo mejor que tiene la cinta. Basada en un relato de Stephen King con algunos alicientes paranormales nos cuentan una historia cruda y las fantasías que pasan por la cabeza de la protagonista. Aún y así, si te gusta King no está de más darle un ojo.

Für einen Tv-Film nett gemachter kleiner Streifen der keine Extreme besitzt und nicht herausragt, sich jedoch auch keine Fehler erlaubt und kleine krude Ideen aufweist.
Haut sich ins Mittelfeld der King-Verfilmungen..gerade noch 7 von 10

Pequeño revenge movie sobre una escritora que es violada y dejada por muerta. Salvo que sus consejeras son unas abuelas-fantasma, no hay nada de original en esta TV que se deja ver, sobre todo por la Bello. Flojita.