They enjoy a night of passion but she is shocked in the morning when she sees two men with guns outside the window. The film is pretty darn sleazy throughout and for the most part I enjoyed it.Īs this thriller, from writer/director Coralie Fargeat, opens Jen and her wealthy, married boyfriend Richard fly to a house he owns deep in the North African desert. I mean, there's a lot of really graphic violence and a ton of blood throughout the movie so gore hounds are going to be happy. As I said, I thought there were certainly some flaws but even with them I couldn't help but enjoy the film as a pure exploitation picture. The music score, the cinematography and editing are all wonderful and there's no doubt that this is an extremely well-made film. Both of them were wonderful in their parts and especially Lutz since she doesn't get much dialogue and instead must act with her eyes to let us know what's going on with the character. Even with these issues you can't help but love the performances from the entire cast and especially those of Lutz and Janssens. Another problem with the film is that at times I think all of the style gets in the way of the story but this here was just a minor issue. What didn't work with the film was a few logical issues that kept creeping up throughout the movie including it appearing that all of the characters turned into superheroes. These rape/revenge movies have been done to death but I thought the director did a great job building up the tension leading up to the rape. For starters, I'm going to avoid spoilers but how in the Hell did Jen survive what happened to her? With that out of the way, the first portion of this film is exceptionally good with director Coralie Fargeat doing a terrific job with the introduction of the characters and she also handles the pre-rape sequence very well. REVENGE is certainly an entertaining movie but the more I think about it the more logical issues I have with it. Well, I didn't walk out on it and I don't think it's a masterpiece. This film was released to all sorts of controversy with some people walking out on it and others calling it a masterpiece. I guess the only word that comes to my mind after watching this film is 'wow.' I mean, really? To say that I'm a bit shocked would be an understatement and I say that for a number of reasons. Fearing what might happen Richard tries to kill Jen but after a horrendous injury she survives to get revenge. The hunting buddies Stan (Vincent Colombe) and Dimitri (Guillaume Bouchede) arrive and the next morning Jen is raped by one of them. Revenge (2017) *** (out of 4) Rather insane French film has Richard (Kevin Janssens) taking his mistress Jen (Matilda Lutz) to a house that is used by him and his hunting buddies.

Girl gets stuck and raped