Nicolas Cage was good in the role of a detective named John, who is confronted with a flawed legal system in a small community in upstate New York.
While the film was made in 2017, the vision of justice applied to a rape victim was closer to the legal system in 1817. The judge was clearly biased, and the mob-like mentality in the courtroom was difficult to believe.
Cage's detective turns vigilante to avoid any further semblance of a trial in this corrupt system. One can only feel horror at what Teena had to endure in this long struggle for justice.
The most curious character in the film was Teena's daughter Bethie, who was presumably age 12-13. Yet she was consistently treated as an adult. There was even one moment when she was invited to drive a motor vehicle. Above all, she would have experienced a parallel trauma to that of her mom, as she witnessed the entire event.
Still, the film stands or falls on the Cage's detective John. His character clearly had the empathy necessary for the situation. It was only unfortunate that Teena and Bethie's next move is to relocate to California. Good luck to them! They'll need it.
While the film was made in 2017, the vision of justice applied to a rape victim was closer to the legal system in 1817. The judge was clearly biased, and the mob-like mentality in the courtroom was difficult to believe.
Cage's detective turns vigilante to avoid any further semblance of a trial in this corrupt system. One can only feel horror at what Teena had to endure in this long struggle for justice.
The most curious character in the film was Teena's daughter Bethie, who was presumably age 12-13. Yet she was consistently treated as an adult. There was even one moment when she was invited to drive a motor vehicle. Above all, she would have experienced a parallel trauma to that of her mom, as she witnessed the entire event.
Still, the film stands or falls on the Cage's detective John. His character clearly had the empathy necessary for the situation. It was only unfortunate that Teena and Bethie's next move is to relocate to California. Good luck to them! They'll need it.