The Victim (2011)
4/10
I think the title is aimed at the viewer....
30 August 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Annie's life is in jeopardy after she witnesses the murder of her friend.

Fleeing from two attackers she stumbles across Kyle, who has a cabin in the woods.

Kyle finds the stillness of the woods comforting, and stays far from anything or anyone else, until a knock on his door throws his life into chaos......

Ever since The Terminator, Biehn has always been quality in whatever movie he's been in, from Aliens to Navy Seals, to The Rock, no matter how small the role,he's always made an impact, so a directorial effort from him would always be a curioso piece.

And plus the added factor of its exploitation roots, and Danielle Harris, I was looking forward to this.

And then I waited for the film to get going, waited a bit more, and then the film finished with a twist that you can see coming from a mile off.

Take away the the story, and the film is nothing more than a vanity project for him and his wife. The script is full of compliments to them both, Harris is hardly in it, and its nothing more than a revenge flick, a downright boring one at that.

Biehn though, no matter how big his ego must have been making this, puts in a good performance, but it cannot save the film from what it is.

A boring ego trip.
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