Revenge

Name: Revenge
Genre: Action, Thriller, Horror
Released: May 11, 2018
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 81
Cast: Avant Strangel, Guillaume Bouchède, Kevin Janssens, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Vincent Colombe

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Neon | Release Date: May 11, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Avant Strangel, Guillaume Bouchède, Kevin Janssens, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Vincent Colombe

Summary: Jen (Matilda Lutz) is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend which is suddenly disrupted when his sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. Tension mounts in the house until the situation abruptly––and viciously––intensifies, culminating in a shocking act that leaves Jen left for dead. Unfortunately for herJen (Matilda Lutz) is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend which is suddenly disrupted when his sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. Tension mounts in the house until the situation abruptly––and viciously––intensifies, culminating in a shocking act that leaves Jen left for dead. Unfortunately for her assailants, Jen survives and reemerges with a relentless, wrathful intent: revenge.… Expand

Director: Coralie Fargeat

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 108 min

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April Wolfe

May 10, 2018

In other hands, this film could go kitsch, could all be a big joke, but Fargeat directs Lutz like no other Rambo-style action hero before her. Read full review

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Britt Hayes

Mar 27, 2018

Just when you thought rape-revenge movies had nothing left to say (if they even had anything to say in the first place), along comes Revenge — which transcends mere cleverness with a thoughtful, challenging approach to a worn-out concept. Read full review

Katie Walsh

May 10, 2018

This rape revenge story swaps points of view, but it doesn't break the mold. The characters, archetypes and beats are familiar, which allows Fargeat to play with symbolism in a bold, pointed manner. Read full review

David Rooney

Mar 27, 2018

This is a rape retaliation thriller both tautly controlled and wildly over-the-top, executed with flashy style, sly visual humor and a subversive feminist sensibility. Read full review

David Edelstein

May 11, 2018

Revenge inverts the gutbucket revenge genre without transcending it. That said, why should men have all the fun? The movie is like Ladies’ Night at a sleaze-o bar. Read full review

A.O. Scott

May 9, 2018

Revenge leaves a lurid, punchy afterimage, an impression somewhere between righteous delight and quivering revulsion. It’s both a challenge and a calling card, in which Ms. Fargeat at once exposes what’s wrong with her chosen genre and demonstrates her mastery of it. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

May 8, 2018

Right when I was ready to resign myself to the thought that Revenge simply started too strong to maintain itself, Fargeat brought me back from the brink with a tense labyrinthine conclusion making use of its locale and blood as plot propulsion. Read full review

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zNeverSleeping

May 22, 2020

Revenge (2017) tinha tudo pra ser mais do mesmo, mas a direção, junto ao elenco, fazem do filme muito único.

Os momentos de tensão são únicos, com surpresas que te deixam sem ar. A violência é gráfica é insana, onde há momentos que te deixam enojado, quase que sentindo a dor do personagem.Revenge (2017) tinha tudo pra ser mais do mesmo, mas a direção, junto ao elenco, fazem do filme muito único.

Os momentos de tensão são únicos, com surpresas que te deixam sem ar. A violência é gráfica é insana, onde há momentos que te deixam enojado, quase que sentindo a dor do personagem. A fotografia é bela, passando muito bem o ponto de vista do personagem ou a própria imensidade do deserto - algumas vezes, sua beleza. O elenco está muito bem escalado, com todos os atores dando boas interpretações.

Porém, o que realmente chama atenção aqui é a direção da Cineasta Coralie Fargeat. O foco na reação dos personagens, a violência retratada, o jogo de edição feito em algumas cenas. É realmente fantástico. Uma trama extremamente básica simplesmente reimaginada. Fora que aqui não há militância, e tudo que a diretora quer mostrar está em tela, o que aumenta ainda mais minha admiração pela mesma.… Expand

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LegitSalt

Sep 10, 2018

This film could very well be titled "Following blood trails, the Movie" since that is what makes up a majority of its runtime. With that out of the way, this film was a treat to watch. Cinematography, Choreography, Accompanying score, but the delivery by the non-native English speakers wasThis film could very well be titled "Following blood trails, the Movie" since that is what makes up a majority of its runtime. With that out of the way, this film was a treat to watch. Cinematography, Choreography, Accompanying score, but the delivery by the non-native English speakers was really stilted and awkward. This film does require one to suspend their disbelief, as it is hardly plausible that the girl would neither die on impact nor from blood loss. Despite this, the scene where the ant is being rained on by blood, and the scene where they are following the blood trails were very well done and helped spice up the shot composition. The reincorporation that this film used caught me off guard. This is because the way that the drugs were introduced felt truly natural. It felt like an additional factor to accentuate the disparity in wealth and morals between the lead girl and the cast of men. Even with this being an engaging thriller, I felt it still had something to say. These things being, more or less; wealthy being exempt from laws and not blowing the whistle on others of wealth. Some scenes that I felt embodied this imparticular were the rape scene and the tarantula pee scene. I thought the dream sequence was really good, and the binoculars transition fit in well too. There was a definite 'man is an animal' motif, that at times was a bit too blatant, but still fitting, and powerful. The entirety of the third act was good, the false scare with the pool cleaner helped show the tangible nature of the tension at the time. I really enjoyed the use of the tv playing amidst the final chase. I enjoyed the scene where she was running in circles chasing her limping assailant, this was especially aided by the blood slowly blocking out her vision, and by proxy, the lens too. The ending was quite good with the sudden look back and the helicopter sound. I recommend this movie to fans if action films and horror films alike. Overall a pretty great movie.… Expand

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AugustKeller

Jun 4, 2018

Relentlessly brutal and radiating with style, Revenge is a movie that hauls its audience through a ride almost too extreme to handle. The story may be basic and rather predictable but it is rich with symbolism and vibrant themes. Meanwhile, the stylistic imagery and vivid flow of the movieRelentlessly brutal and radiating with style, Revenge is a movie that hauls its audience through a ride almost too extreme to handle. The story may be basic and rather predictable but it is rich with symbolism and vibrant themes. Meanwhile, the stylistic imagery and vivid flow of the movie raise the experience to a highly memorable level. Likewise, the entire cast (lead by Matilda Lutz) strikes the difficult balance of authenticity and exaggeration. Overall, the vision of Coralie Fargeat (writer/director) is clear.

Whether you like exotic cinematic moments that artfully build connection or you prefer breakneck action that will have you at the edge of your seat, Revenge is a film that flawlessly switches gears and drowns its viewers in its vile situations. Some may call Revenge too flashy for its own good but those viewers are missing the point. Among other messages, Revenge is about the union between beauty & ugliness which it packs together into a powerful punch. Sexy and sickening, if you’re ready for the wicked, check out Revenge.

Writing: 7/10
Direction: 9/10
Cinematography: 9/10
Acting: 8/10
Editing: 9/10
Sound: 9/10
Score/Soundtrack: 8/10
Production Design: 7/10
Casting: 8/10
Effects: 8/10

Overall Score: 8.2/10

Original Article: https://thefilmguys.blog/reviews/augusts-reviews/revenge-2018/… Expand

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Meth-dude

Jun 1, 2018

As far as rape and revenge movies, this one was pretty fun. The story is cliché and predictable, the acting is sub-par even for this kind of film and the middle part of the movie was a little bit boring, but the last half hour was quite entertaining, it was surprisingly violent and theAs far as rape and revenge movies, this one was pretty fun. The story is cliché and predictable, the acting is sub-par even for this kind of film and the middle part of the movie was a little bit boring, but the last half hour was quite entertaining, it was surprisingly violent and the revenge part was satisfying. If you like rape and revenge flicks and this movie interests you, you will probably not be disappointed. If not, then you'll probably be better off watching something else.… Expand

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MeritCoba

Jun 6, 2018

Some people lack all sense of proportion by giving a movie like this a score that equals such movies as Alien(81 vs 83) or, more into the revenge scene, outscore Hard Candy(56???) or the Brave one. High scores suggest a good story, good acting, good cinematography and a good music score.Some people lack all sense of proportion by giving a movie like this a score that equals such movies as Alien(81 vs 83) or, more into the revenge scene, outscore Hard Candy(56???) or the Brave one. High scores suggest a good story, good acting, good cinematography and a good music score. Revenge does not deliver on any of these. Perhaps, the best is the cinematography. It is at times unusual and sometimes comes above the level of decent but it is seldom put to good use and often followed by such bad camera work that you got the feeling that two people were working on this at the same time. And maybe there were. The music is not bad and sometimes even the best part, but again it is lackluster most of the time and just used in a bad way. The acting is not atrocious, but clearly these are not good actors, they feel like those Italian support actors Spaghetti western were filled with, whose only role was to be gunned down by the main actors. What can be said is that the female lead takes the cake simply because after some initial dialogue has no lines anymore. Silence is golden.

The worst part is the story and how it is told. This lack of a good plot is drowned with ample buckets of blood which is so ridiculous that non of the tension from the combat convinces. Especially at the end the setup is so botched with too many blood that I just had to skip the scene to the end. It isn't gory, it is just plain silly.

So the story: a girl is pushed from a cliff and gets speared on a branch in a dead tree after a drop of thirty feet. Had the movie started with this then it would have been engaging but alas we are about a third or so in. In fact, they could have started with her dragging her body through the desert, prompting us to ponder how she got there, and why. And had the pursuers just be silent men who hunted her instead of having us witness their atrocious dialogue. Again adding to the intrigue. This start would have gone nice with the interesting camera angles as she hangs in the tree and seems to die. Or while she scrambles through the desert and she slowly gets delirious.

The problem is that we never get to understand how this girl, with a foot long piece of wood through her kidney area is able to go on. In fact she leaves a bloody trail behind her and kills a guy, before she finally drags herself to a cave to tend to that wound. Mind you, she only patches up the exit end, the other side, we see in some shots, is not getting treated, but has apparently healed by itself. If they had just made better used of the powerful drug she has with her, it would have been believable that it was that that made her go on, but no.. even that explanation is not used.

The rest of the movie makes you not only wonder how this girl is able to go on, but makes you wonder why she doesn't run away. She is a sweet girl with, as far as we know, no combat experience or PTSD, heavily wounded, raped and smashed up. I would have ran the moment I had the chance. And she gets that chance even: she gets a car and she can now flee the scene, giving her the opportunity to exact revenge in another way(watch the movie to understand) but no this movie has to go pick the obvious but inexplainable route of having her confront the last guy.

And here is possible the big failure of this story. There is no plausible explanation for why she does what she does, what makes her tick and go on instead of collapsing into a ball of pain or running away when she can.

In all this doesn't make for a good movie, it doesn't show humans, it shows cliché characters that make the unblievable in an unbelievable story and giving this more than a five is being generous..… Expand

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BadIdeas

May 17, 2018

Ignore the paid reviewers, and the "it empowers wahmen" reviewers. This is bad movie. It starts out decent, I can see potential, then it just gets stupid. Incredibly stupid. I found out the writer and director are the same person, which explains how a pump shotgun was being referred to andIgnore the paid reviewers, and the "it empowers wahmen" reviewers. This is bad movie. It starts out decent, I can see potential, then it just gets stupid. Incredibly stupid. I found out the writer and director are the same person, which explains how a pump shotgun was being referred to and used as a scoped rifle, despite being loaded with shells. It also explains how any number of stupid things are done as they make no sense. I suspect the writer/director has never gone camping in her life, or ever handled a firearm. I feel dumber having watched most of the movie. In the end I just gave up because it was a gore-fest with no redeeming plot, but a lot of shots that were added purely for "artistic" value or to pound the foreshadowing into the viewer's head with the subtlety of repeated blows from a sledgehammer.

Since the writer/director may actually read this. Here is some advice. Cut the BS political message. You can have a strong female lead, but don't make an utterly moronic plot in order to depict an otherwise stupid girl as some sort of hero. Cut the foreshadowing/artistic shots. Just get rid of them if you can't make it subtle. Films can be artistic, but sacrificing actual plot for gratuitous artistic shots is bad film making. You should be asking yourself "how does this forward the plot?" If the answer is "it doesn't", then don't include it. Don't actually make a movie until you have ironed out the improbabilities and impossibilities. I am not a idiot, and you shouldn't be making movies for idiots. It is both immersion breaking and insulting when the audience is supposed to buy into something utterly stupid. Cut the blood/gore. In fact I suggest not making movies that use it at all, since you clearly don't know how to use blood/gore. It isn't something you throw into a scene to hide the fact the scene is crap. All you are doing is making bloody/gorey crap. Blood should be used like punctuation. You don't write with 15 exclamation marks on every line, and you shouldn't use blood excessively where it doesn't need to be used. There, I have given you career advancing advice, you can thank me later in life when you realize I am write. Oh, I have friends in the film industry, and I tell them when their films are crap too.… Expand

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alekim8999999

Jul 1, 2019

Lo peor, si te gusta el gore, ve otra pelicula. Imposible disfrutar una película que solo esta ahi como pelicula de moda hipster y alternativa para presumir de un "particular" y "sofisticado" cine de nicho. Si eres de los que se conforman solo con ver situaciones ridículas y un absurdo queLo peor, si te gusta el gore, ve otra pelicula. Imposible disfrutar una película que solo esta ahi como pelicula de moda hipster y alternativa para presumir de un "particular" y "sofisticado" cine de nicho. Si eres de los que se conforman solo con ver situaciones ridículas y un absurdo que llega a lastimar, esta película es para ti. Un insulto al buen gusto y al entretenimiento que no te toma como estúpido.El cine B tiene tremendas joyas disfrutables, esta no lo es.… Expand

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