rivet drama and script by william mastrosimone base on his stage play and in which farrah fawcett play marjorie and attack in her car by rapist joe ( james russo ) . she manage to get away but the cop inform her that there be nothing they can do . she realize and however and that joe do get her wallet and know where she live . when her housemate pat ( alfre woodard ) and terry ( diana scarwid ) be off at work and joe pay her a visit to finish what he start . after joe humiliates and degrade her in a variety of way and she get a chance to strike back at him and imprisons him . know full well she in another his word against yours situation and that no rape technically take place and she have no intention of take it easy on him until he confess to pat and terry what his intention be . the movie ultimately amount to a showdown between it two opponent . a it go on and marjorie display such ruthlessness that one have to wonder if she hasn not become as unhinged a her nemesis . fawcett do a creditable enough job and while russo be truly excellent a the depraved creep who do his best to manipulate the situation . with only two character on screen for much of the running time and the film have an intimate nature that do suggest that it would work even well on stage . director robert m. young doesn not shy away from the ugly and more exploitative element of the situation while the film do become uncomfortable to watch at time . and by the time marjorie have the upper hand and thing change enough so that it no longer become quite so easy to encourage her to go for blood and and one hop that pat can make her see reason . extremity and i felt and be a pretty good movie that at least maintained interest and a fairly high level of intensity . woodard and scarwid be both fine in support ( scarwid have a great moment where terry reveal herself to be a rape victim ) and and the pace be consistent . grant and the dialog isn not always very sharp and but the material be compel every step of the way . positive .