Bitter Vengeance (1994)

Annie marries Jack Westford, a cop when they met. Six years later Jack is now working as a security guard in a bank and feels that he was unfairly fired from the force. He also appears to ... See full summary »

Director:

Stuart Cooper

Writer:

Pablo F. Fenjves (as Pablo Fenjves)

Stars:

Virginia Madsen, Bruce Greenwood, Kristen Dalton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Virginia Madsen	...	Annie Westford
Bruce Greenwood	...	Jack Westford
Kristen Dalton	...	Isabella Martens (as Kristen Hocking)
Eddie Velez	...	Harry Carver
Gordon Jump	...	Arnold Fulmer
Carlos Gómez	...	Ray Partana
Tim Russ	...	Lt. James
Jack Forcinito	...	Det. Davis (as Jack Verell)
Vince Melocchi	...	Joseph
Teresa Truesdale	...	Kate
Peter Moore	...	Gordon
Mary Ingersoll	...	Debra
Rick Zoerner	...	First guard
Mike White	...	Savrese (as Michael White)
Virginia Hawkins	...	Mrs. Martens

Storyline

Annie marries Jack Westford, a cop when they met. Six years later Jack is now working as a security guard in a bank and feels that he was unfairly fired from the force. He also appears to be no longer interested in Annie and has an affair with another bank employee. Among his duties is delivering old money for disposal. He comes up with a plan to steal the money and run away. Part of his plan is to fake his death and frame Annie. While the police suspect that she killed Jack and knows where the money is, there's also an insurance investigator on her back.

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Plot Keywords:

money | investigator | security guard | made for cable tv | theft | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexuality and violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 July 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Amara vendetta

Filming Locations:

San Diego, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wilshire Court Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

[All trivia items for this title are spoilers.]

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Quotes

[first lines]
Annie Westford: [realizing she's been caught for speeding] Damn.

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Connections

Referenced in Double Jeopardy (1999)

User Reviews

The movie is good thriller material but the last 30 minutes are ridicules.

The movie starts of well. The story is nicely build up and the characters are portrayed nicely. The story itself is pretty well constructed and has some good thriller elements in it. Nothing too original but enough fine story material to make a good decent movie with. However in the last 30 minutes the movie loses all its credibility when the story becomes unlikely and the characters their actions also become ridicules to follow.

It's a real shame. Not that the movie had really much potential but it still seemed good enough material to make a pleasant, light easy to follow-thriller with. The actors certainly seemed to believe in the movie. It's too bad that after the well build up first halve, the second halve and especially toward the ending of the movie, all logic is abandoned and the movie turns into nothing more than a ridicules and unlikely thriller. All of the sudden several new characters pop-up that not only seem unnecessary but they are also lacking in fundamental things such as likability, credibility and depth. At times I didn't even knew who were the good guys and the bad guys anymore.

Bruce Greenwood does a really good job at portraying his character. Virginia Madsen also does a decent job but her performance is not as memorable. She also isn't always likable enough as the main character. Her actions don't always make her character believable and likable enough. Not Madsen her fault of course, just blame it on the script.

The movie is made without much style and flair. A typical made-for-TV movie. It's not the most exciting or original thriller to watch but it's still all decent enough, aside from the horrible final 30 minutes of the movie.

5/10

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