I Spit on your Grave (2010)

[baumer]

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[baumer]

This is the ultimate revenge film. First off, a quick bit about the original. The 1978 film was put on a list of films called video nasties and it was banned in a multitude of countries because of the rape. I first saw the film in my teens and was shocked at how tame it was. I was expecting to see something like Wes Craven’s Last House on the Left and what I got was basically a PG-13 version of what I read about. I have always believed that if people hadn’t have made such a fuss about the original film, it never would have been as popular as it was. So the irony is that the people who wanted it banned gave it new life and caused thousands of people to seek it out to find out what all the fuss was about, myself included. The remake is the best revenge film I have ever seen.

 

Sara Butler plays a young woman who flees to the country, rents a cottage and gets away from the big city life so she can write her next novel. Here she meets some local idiots who become infatuated with her and don’t take too kindly to her attitude. For a revenge film to work well, in my opinion, the crime has to be brutal and then the revenge becomes justified, at least thematically. The rape in this film is as hard to watch as any film I’ve seen. She is tormented, subjugated, raped and tortured. When they are finished with her, their plan is to shoot her and dump her body in the river. She manages to escape and lives in the woods and recovers enough to extract her revenge. Her rapists think shes dead and when she shows up, well, PG-13 this is not. Her idea of comeuppance is hard to watch but you root for her knowing what she went through. She does to them what they did to her and each death has a theme reminiscent of what each man put her through. For example, one of them told her not to use any teeth and this person ends up getting his teeth ripped out with a pair of pliers, one by one. This is all I can describe to you because the rest is about as hardcore as it gets. Sara Butler is outstanding here and she takes us on the journey with her. This is not a film for everyone, but if you can stomach it and you like seeing assholes get what’s coming to them, then there is no better revenge flick that this one.

.9/10

[Plain Old Tele]

As part of our would-be movie exchange, Baumer asked me to watch this.

 

Aside from basic technical achievement, it has no redeeming qualities at all. I really didn't care for it.

 

 

[baumer]

Yes, not many people like these kinds of films.

[Maxmoser3]

A tough film to kinda talk about with all honesty. But the first half of the film feels like I'm watching a very lame soft core porn film with bad acting and no nudity, then it turns to shock value. But I started to actually like the movie after all once when it turned into a kickass revenge flick, and the chick gets them back pretty good. The acting isn't amazing in it with all honesty, but some of the rednecks are watchable. Other than that a decent film but nothing I will say is great. I can watch it, but not over and over. Grade:Low B-

[baumer]

You didnt think Sara Butler was good @Maxmoser3

[Maxmoser3]

10 hours ago, baumer said:

You didnt think Sara Butler was good @Maxmoser3

She wasn't bad, it was just she looked too pretty for me to feel sympathy for her being attacked. 

[baumer]

8 hours ago, Maxmoser3 said:

She wasn't bad, it was just she looked too pretty for me to feel sympathy for her being attacked.