The horror of this most unwanted situation is the absolute hopelessness of the victim's case when she finds herself utterly powerless. When a man or husband turns off to a road of brutality, the question is, whether it is at all possible to make him turn right again. Unfortunately an overwhelming lot of cases refute that possibility. It becomes like an addiction, he just has to turn on again in that fury and go berserk again and again, until society has had enough and has to stop him. The wife is helpless, her awareness of it just goes from bad to worse all the way, the only way through is to endure it, and here at least she has the great opportunity to state her case at court, which is the highlight of the film - the court wants to charge her for contempt of court, but her case is too strong, too convincing, too real, for anyone to be able to raise any objection. And alas, her case proves too real and true, as she is not the only one whose husband tries to murder her - there are three million American women being abused by their partners on a daily basis, resulting in three deaths per day. This social problem is more than just outrageous.
Review of Dangerous Intentions
