Lady Vengeance, the latest from Korean artsploitation filmmaker Chan-wook Park (Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance), is a three-act film that progresses as follows: Act I: In an interesting series of ...
When most people think of revenge movies, they think of violent action thrillers, but this only scratches the surface. There are all sorts of great revenge movies, ranging from crime dramas to teen ...
I recently watched J.D.’s Revenge and discovered it has only been reviewed by 10 critics on Rotten Tomatoes. It also only has 50% on the site, which is a travesty. This movie is actually really ...
Since humanity started telling stories, revenge has been one of the most universal plot devices across all of storytelling. That includes, of course, cinema. Revenge films are among the most intense, ...
Director Jeremy Saulnier has some fun with revenge-thriller clichés and creates a few twists of his own with Blue Ruin, a darkly funny, sometimes quite disturbing showcase for actor Macon Blair. Blair ...