Squanders plot impetus, and even with constant crosscutting it's lethargically paced, slogging through soap-operatic back stories and maddening irrelevancies.
– Bruce Westbrook,
Houston Chronicle,
30 Jun 2006
rotten:
The films strain to present some kind of moral compass, a philosophy of revenge's human toll. But in the end, their sadistic glee in creative bloodshed trumps all.
– Chris Vognar,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jun 2006
rotten:
Because I am a connoisseur of art cinema, my feelings about Lady Vengeance are complex. Some parts I liked; some parts I didn't.