Predrag A story about uncontrollable passion and desire that forces two people to act upon impulses they know they should put aside but they cannot control their true feelings, and act with reckless abandon. Madelaine Stowe is the lovely lady in an unfulfilling marriage to Tibby Mendez (Anthony Quinn) that Jay, Costner's character, almost immediately falls in love with. Tibby belongs to the Mexican underworld, probably a drug king-pin, and befriends Jay who saved Tibby's life in a hunting accident. When Tibby invites Jay to spend a few weeks at his estate in Mexico, he never imagined Jay would attempt to steal his lovely young wife.This is a solid story, with strong characters, and fine acting all around. However, understand what this film is not. This is not a 'date movie', and not a 'happy' story, but it does indeed reflect real life, and how things do not always end up rosy in the end, or the way we want them. It simply tells a good story, something many films never seem to accomplish, and we get to come along for the ride. It's racy, violent, passionate and moving all wrapped into one. I felt an understanding of the love, pain, betrayal and yes the need for revenge. It was entertaining and an epic portrayal of love and pain.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

brchthethird As spotty as Tony Scott's filmography was, it's easy to forget how good he could be. This is my first time seeing REVENGE and I must say that I was surprised by how emotionally involving and artfully directed it was, despite relying on a number of genre clichés. Kevin Costner plays Michael "Jay" Cochran, a 12-year Navy veteran who has just left the service and goes to see his friend, Tiburon Mendez (Anthony Quinn), in Mexico. While there, he ends up falling in love with Tibey's (as his friends call him) beautiful, young wife Miryea (Madeleine Stowe). When Tibey finds out about this, leaves Jay for dead and throws Miryea away in a whorehouse. The remainder of the film is Jay going back to rescue Miryea. Hopefully I haven't given too much away, but the film is 25 years old and there has to be a statute of limitations on spoilers, even if they're small. Since I liked more than I disliked, I'll just get the negative stuff out of the way first. I mentioned earlier that this film relies on genre clichés. One such example, and very key to establishing the central character relationship is the history shared by Tibey and Jay. Apparently, they were hunting buddies and Jay saved Tibey's life one time, so now Tibey is in debt to Jay. That's something that's been done to death in countless films before and since, but it wouldn't be such an issue if that wasn't the extent of it. It was just hard for me to buy that a Navy pilot would have it in so good with a Mexican power broker/kingpin. I also thought the romance that develops between Jay and Miryea was rather cliché, even if it was well-performed. And to be fair, this movie has some great performances in it. Kevin Costner was his usual likable self, and veteran actor Anthony Quinn was great as his world-weary foil. Madeleine Stowe did fine, but isn't given much to do besides be the damsel in distress once confined to the whorehouse. Now, on to the positives (the rest). This is probably one of Tony Scott's best-directed films, and came a decade or so before he started using his much ripped-off MTV shooting style. There were some really artful shots, e.g., a fire being reflected in sunglasses or beautiful shots of the Mexican terrain. Even the sex scenes were shot well. I also really liked the score, which struck a fine balance between melancholy and tension. But most of all, and despite the clichéd elements, the characters were well written and developed, and the performances really elevated the rather pulpy source material. Overall, REVENGE is an artful, occasionally thoughtful action thriller that probably deserves more attention than it got/currently gets. It might have a shaky dramatic foundation, but it's definitely worth seeing for what's built around and on top of it.

bbickley13-921-58664 When I saw this film on Netflix, I just assumed that a movie directed by Tony Scott starring Kevin Costner called Revenge would have more action in it.. my bad.It's a crime thriller that was very slow for this stage of Tony Scott's career when he was doing things like Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop 2. In fact, the movie should have resembled Top Gun more, to the point where you could call it Top Gun 2 (Electric Bugaloo). After all, Costner plays a Naval pilot who retires and goes down to Mexico to hang with some shady friends, and falls for a girl. I'm guessing Tony was trying to break out of his typecasting, by lessening the sleek music video style action and adding the dark dramatic plot of the girl Kevin fell for being his shady friend's girl who beats him up leaves him for dead and sells his now ex-girlfriend into prostitution. The plot was done well and it makes up for the lack of action.Antony Quinn actual plays the shady friend in the film. A fine actor, I was a little indifferent about a Mexican based crime boss not being played by a Mexican.It's a decent film, but I'm not surprise this is the first I herd of it. It's so different than what anyone would expect from these two men back in that time period. Keep that in mind if you chose to watch it.

Desertman84 Revenge is a crime-drama-thriller that features Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, Miguel Ferrer and Sally Kirkland. The film is based on a novel by Jim Harrison, who co-wrote the script; and is directed by Tony Scott.This often grisly, arguably racist movie is about Michael J. "Jay" Cochran,a U.S. Navy pilot who is the improbable friend of a powerful, vaguely criminal Mexican millionaire. While visiting the latter on his estate,he has an affair with his host's gorgeous young wife, for which he is almost beaten to death and the wife mutilated and turned into a junkie prostitute. The hero seeks retaliation, and you may want the same against director Tony Scott, who makes the navy sequences look like beefcake excerpts from his earlier hit film, Top Gun. However, it is gritty, tense, and easily worth watching.Added to that,Madeleine Stowe is lovely in it.