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Revenge (1990)

February. 16,1990
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6.2
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R
| Drama Thriller Romance

Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip. Arriving at the Mendez mansion in Mexico, he is immediately surprised by the beauty and youth of Mendez’s wife, Miryea.

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poopybottoms-11309
1990/02/16

There's a reason this flopped in theaters and grossed only 3/4ths of its production cost. The Jim Harrison novella may have been decent, but dear god was this film poorly executed. The character development was almost nonexistent and the plot was riddled with so many contextual gaps that not a single relationship portrayed was even remotely convincing. People just seemed to magically float into the protagonist's life with a level of closeness that was completely inexplicable, and thus bordering on comedic. Billing itself as a "romantic thriller," Revenge utterly failed to deliver core elements of either genre. In straining to come up with any redeeming aspects of the production, I can at least say the aesthetics were quality, but not so much that they stand out, and certainly not so much that they make up for the film's weaknesses in all other dimensions. 2/10.

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slightlymad22
1990/02/17

Revenge (1990)Plot In A Paragraph: Michael "Jay" Cochran (KC) decides to visit his friend Tiburon "Tibey" Mendez, a powerful Mexican businessman. Trouble arrives when he becomes attracted to his friends wife Miryea. The movie was going to be directed by John Huston, who did not want KC. After the success of The Untouchables and Bull Durham, he was powerful enough to produce it himself.There is no denying Revenge is a good movie, I just don't like it. It's a tough, uncomfortable watch, and when I do revisit it, I always remember why. It's well directed, and the actors all give solid performances. Though it's amusing seeing Quinn and Stowe playing a married couple, when in few years they played gather and daughter in Avenging Angelo In 2007 director Tony Scott released a shorter directors cut, running 104 minutes. The original 124-minute version is producer Ray Stark's cut.

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SnoopyStyle
1990/02/18

Fighter pilot Michael 'Jay' Cochran (Kevin Costner) retires after 12 years in the Navy. He visits powerful Mexican businessman Tiburon 'Tibby' Mendez (Anthony Quinn). He saved Tibby's life once during a hunting trip. Tibby is reputed to be a crime boss but he dismisses that. Tibby is possessive of his young wife Miryea (Madeleine Stowe). His right hand man Cesar and Jay don't get along. Jay has an affair with Miryea and the murderous Tibby finds out.Kevin Costner is wrong as Jay. It would work if Kevin Costner is a much darker actor. He's too much of an aw shucks guy. The man isn't an idiot or blind. He has to be self-destructive for what he does. The character may be written that way but Costner doesn't have it in him to pull it off. This is basically a bad romance novel with great people involved. The second half tries to be a hard-boiled revenge movie. The action isn't big enough. This isn't good enough.

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g-bodyl
1990/02/19

Revenge is actually a much better movie than I thought it would be. It was a little-known movie, but with a good cast, I thought it would be worth the pick-up. It is a very bloody, violent film with themes of redemption, in more ways than one. The movie began slow with the introduction of Costner's character, but once when his elderly Mexican politician friend enters the picture, things begin to pick up steam. In all, this is a vastly underrated action revenge flick. This film is about a Navy pilot who retires and he decides to travel to Mexico to visit his old friend whom life he saved in a hunting accident. He meets his friend's wife, who is very unhappy and seduces him. When Tibey, his friend finds out, all hell breaks loose. I thought the acting was really good. Kevin Costner shows again and again what an excellent actor he is. He shows great chemistry with Madeleine Stowe. She has never looked better as she does in this film. Anthony Quinn does a good job as the angry, political Tibey!Overall, Revenge is a good action flick and one that people give it less credit for. It's not the greatest revenge flick, but still a good one. The film has a sad ending, which adds drama to the flick and I think the film was written pretty well. Those looking for a good action flick, this is the film for you. My Grade: A-

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