Leofwine_draca
BOUND TO VENGEANCE is a torture porn outing with a difference. The story is about a kidnapped girl held captive by a middle-aged psychopath; she manages to turn the tables on her captor and escape. The twist is that this event, which usually marks the climax of a B-movie thriller, is actually the opening scene and the plot carries on from there. The girl is determined to rescue the psycho's other female victims who are dotted around town, and so the plot becomes a road trip of sorts with plenty of psychological games between victim and kidnapper. It's a violent film for sure, with plenty of blood on offer, but I also found it surprisingly routine and unoriginal, with attempts at cod psychology that simply don't work all that well. Overall, it's a bit of a bore. If the bad guy looks familiar, that's because it's Richard Tyson, who also played Arnie's antagonist in KINDERGARTEN COP.
Moviemanic22
'Bound to vengeance' is one of those movies that begins to loose steam while you approach half way in to the middle. Which is the reason I had fallen asleep for a couple of minutes when I first saw it last year. However I had another opportunity and decided to give it my full attention. I will be honest and say that I actually enjoyed it. Although I wished that there was more meat to the bone. This is a small independent movie that had a limited theatrical release. The film is about a woman who frees herself from her captor after being held hostage in a basement for almost 6 months. Instead of going to the police she decides to take matters in to her own hands and use the captor to lead her to set free other women who are in similar circumstances. This forms the basis for three quarters of the film's running time. On the script level it falls short on story development. I often wondered why there could not be more to the plot. The film reminded me of a 2012 movie I saw named 'Eden' starring Jamie Chung, which had a similar theme and also focused on the sex trafficking theme in greater detail. But I would assume the script writer chose to take an alternate approach. Tina Ivlev is the soul of the movie. Her acting, emotions and expressions are on the mark and gets under the skin of the character realistically. She carries the entire movie on her shoulders and breathes air in to a weak script. No pun intended but I'm not sure why she was held hostage for 6 months. Was she waiting her turn? And how did she learn to fire a gun so fast?. Possibly she had practised before? Personally I wouldn't see the film more than once, in spite the fact I enjoyed it. But the surprise ending makes it worthwhile to get through to the end.
trashgang
Rather simple story line but this time it do works out fine due a few reasons. The way it was acted did work as did the effects used. Most of the effects are done off-camera but they are never that cruel that you are missing the impact, what we do see is how the result is on the bodies. In other words, a low budget flick has to hide the fact that there isn't that much of money. Still, it do has a rather brutal overlook because when the abducted girl is taking her revenge it's without mercy. Even as some things are done off-camera it do has a few gory moments like the scene with the spikes or the shot through the head.Maybe it's all a bit exaggerated with the way all those girls are abducted but somehow it didn't bother me at all. A surprisingly good horror flick, as seen a thousand times before with all that revenge revival but clocking in at around 80 minutes is what makes it work too.Gore 1/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2,5/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5
Nitzan Havoc
Ever since watching the remake of I Spit on Your Grave (and the far less impressive unnecessary sequels) I've become a big fan of female revenge flicks. Seeing the victim rising from her ashes in order to punish the sick monsters who've done unspeakable things to her, extract her revenge the way we all wish we could - is not only fun and exciting, but therapeutic. Having recognized Bound to Vengeance as such a film, I've immediately set out to watch it.First thing I must say is that the film resembles I Spit on Your Grave only very remotely, which turned out to be not necessarily a disadvantage. It throws the audience straight into the eye of the storm right after the opening credits, as we meet Eve (excellent acting by Tine Ivlev), the girl who was kidnapped, and Phil (even better acting by Richard Tyson, definitely the star talent), her kidnapper. The film actually begins with Eve managing to not only escape, but trap Phil in her stead. From there, instead of getting as far away as possible, she forces Phil at gun point to take her to all the other girls he has kidnapped. More than vengeance, Eve is bound by a mission - to save the other girls.While the acting is profound, the story itself becomes less and less authentic and logical, making less and less sense the deeper we go. Many of the actions and occurrences are too hard to believe, and really ruin the suspense of disbelief. Think of a constant reminder shouting "this isn't real, you're watching a fictional film!". A bit of a mood killer... To make things worse - while the twist towards the ending is actually nice (if too predictable due to some irresponsible spoiler-giving screen writing), the ending itself adds a twist which I can only describe as stupid.All in all, I can't say Bound to Vengeance is a great film, but it does pass as a good one. Watching it is intense, suspenseful and harsh, the soundtrack is excellent, and Eve does manage to squeeze just enough violent vengeance into her tight schedule of saving everyone else. If you don't expect to be amazed - you'll definitely enjoy this one.
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