Second viewing; first viewed on September 25, 1996
A man, seeking revenge against a witness whose testimony sent him to prison, moves to his target's town and makes veiled threats against his wife and teenage daughter.
A very thrilling movie, despite its far-fetched premise. It postulates a very sound and plausible main thesis, namely that the law tends to decrease in effectiveness as it increases in liberalism. In real life, one is not likely to find the violence and the organization displayed by Cady in one single individual. Thus, for the film to be properly understood, one must consider that he and his surrounding characters are a simplified fictionalization of a sum of forces: on the one hand the disorganized violence of individual criminals and on the other the organized ideology of leftism.
Rating: 77 (down from 82)
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