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It’s also quite predictable, and there’s a chance you’ll be able to figure out how it ends way before said ending arrives. This plotline actually ends up being dragged out more than the initial case Carson was assigned to, and it’s as if the film got a bit lost halfway through. There’s a secondary plot involving Jayne’s new husband Happy Chander, who is the star quarterback and untouchable for some reason, as if this is some kind of high school drama. Twenty years had passed since Carson had last seen them – surely we as an audience could’ve had a little more context? There’s not a lot of substance to it and I wish the characters had been fleshed out a bit more, as there was a potential to give the audience a bit more background for people like Doc and even Jayne. Mitchell might not be telling the whole truth.Įye for an Eye is the kind of film we’ve all seen before, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He’s a doctor at the mental facility Carson was instructed to investigate, and looks almost unrecognisable in this role compared to some of his other well known performances. Miles Mitchell, who is arguably the best character in the film in terms of performance. We also learn that he has a daughter named Becky (played by Travolta’s real life daughter Ella Bleu Travolta). including Doc (Morgan Freeman), Chief Walsh (Robert Patrick), and his ex Jayne (Famke Janssen). Once there, it’s inevitable that he starts to run into people from his past. But he eventually accepts the case and heads back to Texas. Naturally he’s apprehensive about taking the case on, as he left behind Galveston twenty years ago and doesn’t really want to return. Mrs Johnson wants Carson to track down her wealthy aunt who was last seen in an asylum in Galveston, Texas, which happens to be Carson’s hometown. He’s also originally from Texas but lives in Los Angeles, and is approached by a woman named Mrs Johnson (Julie Lott) who brings him an interesting case. Carson likes to smoke, drink and gamble, much like other hard-boiled cops we’re used to seeing on screen. Set in the 1970s, the film definitely follows a well-known formula. Inspired by film noir, Francesco Cinquemani and George Gallo’s thriller Eye for An Eye (also known as The Poison Rose) follows Carson Phillips (John Travolta), an ex-football star turned PI who takes on a missing person’s case.