Vengeance: A Love Story
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohnny Martin
Screenplay byJohn Mankiewicz
Based onRape: A Love Story
by Joyce Carol Oates
Produced byNicolas Cage
Michael Mendelsohn
StarringNicolas Cage
Don Johnson
Anna Hutchison
Talitha Bateman
Deborah Kara Unger
CinematographyDavid Stragmeister
Music byFrederik Wiedmann
Production
companies
Saturn Films
Patriot Pictures
Distributed byFilmRise
Release dates
  • March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27) (United Kingdom)
  • September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15) (United States)
Running time
99 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$73,270[1]

Vengeance: A Love Story is a 2017 American action thriller film[1][2] directed by Johnny Martin, written by John Mankiewicz, and starring Nicolas Cage, Don Johnson, Anna Hutchison, Talitha Bateman and Deborah Kara Unger. It is based on the 2003 novel Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates. The film was released on September 15, 2017, by FilmRise.

Premise

A policeman investigating a single mother's rape soon takes matters into his own hands after the attackers are acquitted in court.

Cast

Production

Originally, production with Samuel L. Jackson, Dianne Wiest and Abigail Breslin associated, was set to be filmed in Michigan in 2009, under its film incentive program. Scouts arrived in fall 2008 and production was halted.[6] On February 7, 2016, Nicolas Cage joined the cast of the film.[3] On March 8, it was announced that Cage would direct the film, though he later dropped out of directing.[7] Principal photography began on April 21.[8] The following day, Anna Hutchison joined the cast.[4] On May 12, Don Johnson joined the cast.[5]

Release

The film was released direct to video in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2017.[9] In the United States, the film was released on September 15, 2017, by FilmRise.[1] Michael Rechtshaffen of the Los Angeles Times was negative towards the film, criticizing the script as "melodramatic" and "ham-handed," the directing as "heavy-handed" and "cliché-ridden," and Cage's performance of John Dromoor as "detached."[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Vengeance: A Love Story (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "Vengeance: A Love Story (2017) - Johnny Martin". AllMovie.
  3. ^ a b McNary, Dave (February 7, 2016). "Berlin: Nicolas Cage Starring in 'Vengeance: a Love Story' (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Geier, Thom (April 22, 2016). "'Cabin in the Woods' Star Anna Hutchison Joins Nicolas Cage in 'Vengeance: A Love Story'". The Wrap. Archived from the original on May 21, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d McClintock, Pamela; Ford, Rebecca (May 12, 2016). "Cannes: Don Johnson Joins 'Vengeance: A Love Story' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 21, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  6. ^ "Heather Graham Replacing Uma in 'Vengeance: A Love Story'?". August 19, 2009.
  7. ^ McNary, Dave (March 8, 2016). "Nicolas Cage Directing 'Vengeance: A Love Story'". Variety. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  8. ^ "On the Set for 4/22/16: Denzel Washington & Scott Rudin Roll Cameras on 'Fences', Will Smith Wraps 'Collateral Beauty'". SSN Insider. April 22, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  9. ^ "Vengeance: A Love Story en DVD ou Blu Ray". Allocine.fr. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  10. ^ Rechtshaffen, Michael (September 15, 2017). "A remote Nicolas Cage doesn't help the melodramatic 'Vengeance: A Love Story'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2018.

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