Rewatched this recently after seeing it in theaters 20 years ago in college. It mostly holds up thanks to an incredible lead performance and fabulous cinematography.
Now in my forties, it’s hard to overlook the portrayal of women in this as mostly helpless and ignorant. This causes the dramatic twist ending to whiff with me when before it was a gut punch. It’s just hard to suddenly find more sympathy for the main character when they have treated women as disposable and interchangeable for the entire movie.
However, the bleak, relentless pursuit of the mystery up until that ending is still a great journey and makes me eager to finally finish the Vengeance Trilogy soon.
