# Vendetta (2022 film)
**Vendetta** is a 2022 American action thriller directed and written by Jared Cohn, in which a father, William Duncan, takes the law into his own hands after his daughter is murdered and legal justice looks unlikely, triggering a war of revenge with the killer's family and gang.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vendetta_2022) • [2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/vendetta-2022)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Director and screenwriter | Jared Cohn[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vendetta_2022) |
| Lead cast | Clive Standen (William Duncan), Theo Rossi (Rory Fetter), Bruce Willis (Donnie Fetter), Thomas Jane (Dante), Mike Tyson (Roach)[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14849038/fullcredits/) |
| Release | Streaming release May 17, 2022; runtime 1h 36m; rated R for violence, some sexual material/nudity, and language throughout[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vendetta_2022) |
| Production | Bar None Productions; producers Amar Balaggan, Benjamin Rappaport, Ross Mrazek, and Corey Large[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vendetta_2022) |
| Box office | $175,173 worldwide, all from international markets; domestic distributor Vertical Entertainment[4](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt14849038/) |
| Reception | 57% on the Tomatometer from 3 critics; audience score of 3.2 out of 5 from more than 250 ratings[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vendetta_2022) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
After his daughter is savagely killed and the courts seem powerless to act, William Duncan becomes a vigilante and pursues revenge himself.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vendetta_2022) After killing the street thug responsible for her death, he finds himself at war with the thug's brother, father, and their gang, who are equally determined to get even; the film ends with William finding that the quest for revenge never has a winner.[2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/vendetta-2022) [TV Guide](https://www.edgepedia.org/tv-guide)'s synopsis describes Duncan as an ex-marine who picks off members of the gang one by one, even if it costs him his own life.[5](https://www.tvguide.com/movies/vendetta/2060049178/)
## Cast and production
[Clive Standen](https://www.edgepedia.org/clive-standen) stars as William Duncan, with [Theo Rossi](https://www.edgepedia.org/theo-rossi) as Rory Fetter, Bruce Willis as Donnie Fetter, Thomas Jane as Dante, and [Mike Tyson](https://www.edgepedia.org/mike-tyson) as Roach.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14849038/fullcredits/) Kurt Yue plays Detective Chen, Lauren Buglioli plays Jen Duncan, and Maddie Nichols plays Kat Duncan.[2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/vendetta-2022)
The film was produced by Bar None Productions, with Amar Balaggan, Benjamin Rappaport, Ross Mrazek, and Corey Large as producers.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vendetta_2022) Brandon Cox was the cinematographer, David Findlay composed the score, and Trevor Mirosh edited.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14849038/fullcredits/)
## Release and box office
The film had its streaming release on May 17, 2022, distributed domestically by Vertical Entertainment.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vendetta_2022) • [4](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt14849038/) It earned $175,173 worldwide, all of it international: $146,335 from Russia/CIS (released June 2, 2022), $22,925 from the [United Arab Emirates](https://www.edgepedia.org/united-arab-emirates) (May 19, 2022), and $5,913 from South Korea (January 20, 2023). No domestic gross is reported.[4](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt14849038/)
## Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a 57% Tomatometer from 3 reviews, with an audience score of 3.2 out of 5 from more than 250 ratings.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vendetta_2022) Critics were negative: Rene Rodriguez of Variety wrote that "the body count starts to mount. So do the implausibilities, along with the boredom"; Brian Costello of Common Sense Media gave it 1 out of 5, remarking that "when the most earnest and compelling performance in a movie is turned in by Sir Mike Tyson, you know you're in trouble"; and Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com gave it a D, writing that Cohn "doesn't have a big enough imagination to bring anything passably novel to the endeavor".[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vendetta_2022)
## Films with similar titles
Vendetta (2022) is distinct from several other 2022 releases with related names. *[Vengeance](https://www.edgepedia.org/vengeance-2022-film)* (July 29, 2022) is a darkly comic thriller and the directorial debut of writer-star B.J. Novak, about a New York journalist who travels to [West Texas](https://www.edgepedia.org/west-texas) to investigate the death of a woman he was seeing; it earned $4.2 million at the United States box office and an 82% Tomatometer.[6](https://www.focusfeatures.com/vengeance) • [7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vengeance_2022) A separate 2022 horror film also titled *Vendetta*, directed by Scott Christianson and written by Kevin Kessler, concerns a killer attacking the town of Madera Verde during its bicentennial.[8](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0781524/) *My Name Is Vendetta* (2022) is an Italian organized-crime revenge thriller directed by Cosimo Gomez, starring Alessandro Gassmann and Ginevra Francesconi, released on Netflix.[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_name_is_vendetta) • [10](https://www.netflix.com/title/81458368)
## References
1. [Vendetta (2022), Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vendetta_2022)
2. [Vendetta (2022) streaming, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/vendetta-2022)
3. [Vendetta (2022) full cast and crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14849038/fullcredits/)
4. [Vendetta (2022), Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt14849038/)
5. [Vendetta, Where to Watch and Stream, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/movies/vendetta/2060049178/)
6. [Vengeance, Focus Features](https://www.focusfeatures.com/vengeance)
7. [Vengeance (2022), Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vengeance_2022)
8. [Vendetta (2022), IMDb (tt0781524)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0781524/)
9. [My Name Is Vendetta, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_name_is_vendetta)
10. [My Name Is Vendetta, Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/81458368)
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