Revenge (1990)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Boring, long, and too preachy.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

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.

I first saw the movie when I was just starting to understand the complexities of the whole storytelling process. Recently, I watched it again, and remembered much of it the same, though not as fondly as time had caused maturity in watching. But, it still was worth the time.To begin, apart from Kevin Costner and Anthony Quinn, the rest of the cast was quite impressive. This was during Costner's run of quality movies in the last 1980s and early 1990s. His performance certainly doesn't measure up to The Untouchables, No Way Out or Dances With Wolves, but surpasses The Bodyguard and Robin Hood. Quinn is rather dynamic, and plays his part as an understated drug lord and makes every scene he is in interesting. To those established actors, Madeleine Stowe matches quiet well. This was early in her career, and probably the performance that gave her a name. She was sensual, sexy, and sophisticated, and the love scene really are steamy, in no part to the chemistry.But what makes this movie really interesting is Tony Scott. I've always thought his style was similar to Michael Mann, yet in many aspects better. This movie was done after Top Gun, but was still early in his career. The visuals and framing were superb, and despite some of the critiques of his numerous closeups, to me it felt consistent in the intimacy he was trying to portray. (He seemed to be similar in The Last Boy Scout, though not as effective.) Apart from Costner and Quinn, and a small appearance by Sally Kirkland (wonderful little scene) and James Gammon, this was fairly early in the careers of many of the important supporting actors. Thus, there is an inevitable weakness that appears on occasion, yet should not detract from the time taken to watch this movie. Recommend to watch in a darker room (no/low lights) due to the dark hues Tony Scott uses on his cameras.

"Revenge" is based on a novella by Jim Harrison who together with Jeffrey Alan Fiskin also wrote the screenplay. The plot is extremely simple and straight forward and doesn't contain any real twists or surprises but does gain some traction by the nature and intensity of the circumstances that the characters confront.This story of friendship, passion and betrayal leads inexorably to violent retribution and consequences that are tragic for everyone concerned. The circumstances that lead to such misery and loss are the result of extreme recklessness, sexual obsession and a completely unrealistic grasp of the dangers involved by a couple whose infidelity triggers a truly horrific sequence of events.Jay Cochran (Kevin Costner) is a U.S. Navy pilot who retires after 12 years service and decides to take up an invitation from an old friend in Mexico to visit his impressive hacienda. Jay and Tibey Mendez (Anthony Quinn) had become firm friends some years earlier after Jay had saved Tibey's life on a hunting trip. Tibey is now a very wealthy and powerful crime boss who's well connected politically and constantly surrounded by heavily armed henchmen.When Jay meets Tibey's much younger wife Miryea (Madeleine Stowe), there's an instant attraction between them and it isn't long before they embark on a passionate affair. Tibey quickly realises what's going on and he and his men break into a cabin where the lovers are together and viciously beat up Jay and kill his dog. Tibey then slashes his wife's face with a knife and after burning down the cabin, Jay is left for dead in the desert and Miryea is taken to work in a whorehouse and regularly injected with heroin.A compassionate Mexican finds Jay lying unconscious and gradually nurses him back to health. After making a full recovery, Jay sets off on a mission to find Miryea and hunt down Tibey.Anthony Quinn's age, physique and general appearance make him perfect for his role but the way in which he also skilfully displays the various facets of Tibey's personality is very impressive. His character is interesting because despite being friendly, generous and good humoured on most occasions, he's also an extremely violent man who's cruel, vicious and utterly ruthless.Jay shows a lack of respect for his host by turning up late and also seems oblivious to some of the tensions surrounding him at the hacienda. Presumably, as a pilot he was used to pushing the envelope at times and maybe this explains his over-confidence and insensitivity. Whether this is the case or not, his judgement is seriously flawed by any standards and the misfortunes that he suffers are of his own making.Kevin Costner is more convincing in portraying Jay's self-centred and impulsive behaviour than in showing the level of passion that drove Jay into getting involved in such a dangerous affair. Madeleine Stowe's performance, by contrast, is consistently strong as the reserved and tragic Miryea whose only consolation is that she ultimately gets to chose her own means of escape.The simplicity and predictability of the plot are the movie's greatest deficiencies but the locations used and the cinematography are together very successful in creating the atmosphere in which all the action, romance and violence take place.

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.