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“Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” It is crucial to understand that only God can truly avenge, not man. The word revenge translates into “vengeance,” “revenge,” and “avenge.” The root meaning of the word is punishment. The prominent spiritual issue in this film is vengeance. On her way there, she manages to escape the ambulance and vanishes, only to turn up five years later, determined to bring justice to those who escaped it the first time. Outraged, Riley tries to attack the perpetrators, but is tazered and ordered to submit to a psychiatric evaluation in a mental institution.

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Judge Stevens (Jeff Harlan) finds insufficient evidence to allow the perpetrators to stand trial and dismisses the case. He warns her that her credibility will be questioned due to the medication that she is taking.Īt the hearing, the lawyer uses this information against her. She refuses the bribe, but the lawyer, seeing her anti-psychotic medication on the kitchen counter, argues that her memory is unreliable. Prior to the preliminary hearing, Riley is visited by the perpetrators’ lawyer, who tries to buy her silence. Beltran explains to his partner, Detective Carmichael, that the last detective who tried to bring Garcia to justice was found murdered in his locker. Detective Beltran is hesitant to take the gunmen to trial, as they are members of a well known drug cartel run by Diego Garcia (Juan Pablo Raba), whose influence reaches deep into the precinct. She is taken to the police station where she positively identifies the three men who murdered her family. However, she is able to relay to Detective Moises Beltran ( John Ortiz), that she can identify the shooters. When Riley wakes up, her memory is a little hazy, at first. With barely enough time to turn around, she witnesses her husband and daughter being gunned down. As Riley returns to the ice cream shop to retrieve napkins, she hears gunshots. On the night of December 21, 2012, Chris and Riley take Carley to the fair where she rides every ride and is treated to peppermint ice cream. She also had an eight-year-old daughter named, Carley. She was married to her husband Chris, who owned a failing mechanic shop. Five years prior, she had been a banker trying to make ends meet. In flashbacks, viewers learn of Riley’s former life. What do I want? I want justice!” That sentence is the theme of Riley North’s ( Jennifer Garner) rational for her killing sprees. Pierre Morel-“ Taken” (2008), “ From Paris with Love” (2010)

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Rosales (Sean Rosales) … Drive-by WheelmanĮdwin Garcia II (Edwin Garcia) … Pinata Money-Counter #1 Campos (Christopher Campos) … Drive-by Gunman #2 Method Man (Cliff “Method Man” Smith) … Narcotics Detective BarkerĬhristopher M. Will all mankind eventually be saved? AnswerįILM VIOLENCE-How does viewing violence in movies affect families? Answer Featuring Where does becoming a vigilante lead in our world? ORIGIN OF BAD-How did bad things come about? Answer What about the issue of suffering? Doesn’t this prove that there is no God and that we are on our own? Answerĭid God make the world the way it is now? What kind of world would you create? Answer Jennifer Garner, John Ortiz, John Gallagher Jr.Why does God allow innocent people to suffer? Answer

Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, Eric Reid, Richard Wright

On the anniversary of her family’s death, she eludes the forces that prevented justice to be served years before and seeks to avenge the murders with her own personal form of justice. Devastated and frustrated at the lack of justice, Riley disappears for five years.ĭuring that time, she methodically trains her mind and her body and transforms into a deadly assassin, prepared to take on the Garcia cartel herself. However, the system she trusts fails her as her testimony is disregarded and the judge declares the evidence insufficient. The suspects' lawyer attempts to bribe Riley with a hefty sum of money so she won't identify his clients as the murderers. As a result, no witnesses are willing to testify against them. She learns that the men who committed the devastating drive-by shooting are in custody and are linked to the Garcia cartel. Riley North ( Jennifer Garner) awakens from a coma following the tragic murder of her husband and young daughter.

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