#Revenge Films

[ruleof3bobby]

FLAWLESS (2007) Grade: C+

Bad title to start. Even for a heist film it was a predictable and not believable. Wasn't a fan of #DemiMoore as the female lead. Ending was a snooze.

[zanephillips]

Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976)

[thegirlwhorunsforthetrain]

No One Rides For Free by Judith Sonnet

“He needed to die,” Continue reading Untitled

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[hayden-christensen]

@pscentral event 28: throwback

THE STAR WARS PREQUEL TRILOGY on VHS [in/sp] All three prequel trilogy films were officially released on VHS in April 2000, November 2002 and October 2005 respectively. They were the last Star Wars films to be released on the format.

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Smokey brand Select: Frank Castle

I am a fan of the Rampage movie. At least that’s what i call them. I suppose Revenge film is what they’re known as in terms of a wider audience. Hell, I'll even give you Vigilante genre but they all kind of have the same thing in common: Rampage. You know the type; Something starring a protagonist who is cutting a bloody swath through a crew of individuals as they right a wrong. Think John Wick or a decent amount of Denzel Washington’s filmography. Seriously, for a minute there in the Early Aughts, mans was on a mission to punish absolutely everyone and it was amazing to witness. Now, the aforementioned examples will definitely have a representative on this list but the genre as a whole, is up there for me. I can’t say i love it s much as, say, Cyberpunk, but it’s definitely a solid top-three in my yes. As such, i wanted to throw a few suggestions out there to check out, especially considering I've seen literally hundreds of these films. Hundreds.

10. The Equalizer

We’re going to start this list of with a bit of a cheat. Equalizer All of them. Literally every Equalizer flick released to date. Solid Rampage films, the lot of them. John Wick is going to show up on this a bit down the line and, yes, he’s getting the same treatment because there is no weakness in those films, just like Denzel’s flagship franchise. Seriously, he’s made two with a third on it’s way this September. The Equalizer is the only franchise win which Denzel has returned. Dude never does sequels but he got three of these in the bank To date. John Wick has kind if injected a ton of energy into the Rampage genre so we might see a few more of these before Denzel bows out. Even then, this thing is tailor made for his son who had a strong run in Tenet.

9. Mandy

Bro. Just watch it and you’ll get it. Words fail me for this one. seriously, just check i out. It’s a fever dream of pure mayhem, i sh*t you not.

8. I spit on Your Grave

This is not a kind watch. The catalyst for this particular Rampage is graphic and very much fetishized. It is not kind. It is very barbaric. It is not for the feint of heart. Neither is the whole ass raucous bloodshed which follows. I Spit on Your Grave has the reputation of being gratuitously cruel and, believe me, it earns that sh*t but, behind the shock and controversy, is one of the most visceral rampage films i have ever seen in my entire goddamn life. The original is a staple of Revenge film lists, inspiring other like The Bad Batch, Promising Young Woman, and Revenge; All of which can be on this list in their own right but i wanted to pay homage, and give credit to, the grandmother of this sub-genre in a sub-genre. Go into this knowing you will be disgusted in every way possible.

7. V for Vendetta

Is this a rampage film? In the strictest sense, hell yeah! It’s nothing like it’s graphic novel counterpart but it’s definitely peak rampage. I mean, this dude toppled a sitting government while leaving one helluva body count in his wake. V is a force of nature and, even though it feels like there was a ton of blood shed as he ripped apart a country, he has a lot in common with John Creasy and his exploits. Don’t let the Guy Fawkes mask and penchant for the theatrical fool you. This man was brutal and singular in his mission, culminating in one of the best rampages ever committed to film.

6. Kill Bill

I struggled with this one,  really did. Kill Bill is a quintessential Revenge story which motivates one of the bloodiest Rampages in cinematic history. It absolutely deserves it’s place on this list, no doubt. My struggle was to include this one of Inglourious Basterds. Basterds is, for sure, a Rampage film. It has all the hallmarks of the best. But, at it’s core, it’s more Revenge than Rampage and i kind felt like Vendetta slid into that spot early on. Didn’t want to do that again, you know? Even if Basterds is my favorite Tarantino film. Even so, the Kill Bill duology is everything i want in my Rampage films. Bloody. Personal. Well written. Inspired. This sh8t is Tarantino breaching the mainstream. This is a genius genre director, given blockbuster budgets. This is Tarantino before the Oscar acclaim. Absolutely amazing set of films.

5. Oldboy

Not the Josh Brolin one. Tat one sucks ass. No, I'm talking the batsh*t foreign original. I just mentioned the insane genius of Tarantino above? Well take that and slap some Korean sensibilities on top and you have Park Chan-wook. This man’s filmography is vast and eclectic. It covers so many different genres but share his striking penchant for visual brilliance. Oldboy is no different. This movie has a look to it’s bombastic inhumanity. The violence is visceral, yet, stylized, adding to the overwhelming bleakness of the narrative. Oldboy is an exercise is despair and malice and i love every second of it.

4. Tombstone

I was hesitant to add this one. A lot of Westerns can be considered Rampage films but i, you know, hate those. I can count on probably two hands how many Westerns i actually like and one of those is f*cking Logan. That said, Tombstone is f*cking amazing. It has been for decades. This sh*t is well written, Wild West, American propaganda at it’s best. The Wild west was a time of straight up genocide and wanton anarchy as the US figured itself out and, in that muck of self discovery, we got the myth of the OK corral. Tombstone is a retelling of that sh*tshow and it is amazing to watch. Doc Holliday, alone, is worth the price of admission. I cannot sing the praises of this film enough and i absolutely abhor Western on the whole.

3. Leon the Professional

I know this film as The Professional. It was the vehicle that catapulted a then, barely teenage, Natalie Portman into stardom. She had solid performances from a very stoic Jean Reno and the closest thing to a Joker archetype ever committed to film that’s not actually Joker, in Norman Stansfield. Luc Besson, the visionary responsible for The Fifth Element and Lucy, gave us this sweaty, gritty, neo-noir filled with absolute bedlam. The carnage is real and it’s very much intimate. I f*cking this film. It gives everything in Tarantino’s catalog a run for it’s money, often eclipsing them. If you’ve never seen Leon, watch that sh*t immediately. It’s pure cinematic brilliance. It’s everything!

2. Atomic Blonde

Listen, it’s hard to bet against a film, set in Eighties, saturated with nostalgia, starring an ass-kicking Charlize Theron. Blonde is HEAVILY influenced by John Wick, with just a hint of Basic Instinct in there, but definitely stands on it’s own. It’s a crime this thing doesn’t have a sequel or a franchise unto it’s own because Blonde is every bit a film as the first John Wick. Arguably moreso considering how pedestrian Wick I’s writing turned out to be. The world of spies and double-agents in which Lorraine Broughton’s stories lie. Interestingly enough, Atomic Blonde is a f*cking comic book movie! It’s based on The Coldest City graphic novel. It’s a solid read with great art and has a Sin City feel to it.

1a. Man on Fire

As a standalone film, Man of Fire is arguably the best Rampage movie ever captured on film. This thing has everything. Great performances. Brilliant writing. Fantastic set pieces, and whole ass brilliant kills. I mean, dude shoves a C4 bomb up a man’s ass just for information. I was captivated by the brutality in this movie and it was delivers in a cold, detached, damn near matter-of-fact way, by Denzel Washington’s John Creasy. This film was the one that really made me fall in love with the genre as a whole. Much like the above Atomic Blonde, this was adapted from the page, a book, and is technically a remake. There is a Man on Fire adaption which released in 1987. It’s a french production, like La Femme Nikita but I've ever seen it personally. No, John Creasy is all the burning mans i need.

1b. John Wick

And i mean all of them. All of the John Wick franchise. Not one of these films is bad and they are the perfect representation of the Rampage genre. Every minute Keanu is on screen in that bulletproof suit, is a f*cking treat wrapped in potent mayhem. I absolutely love these films and, to date, they are the best Rampage flicks i have ever seen, outside of Man on Fire. The world of Wick is easily the best thing about these films. I mean, Wick has developed considerably as a character but everything around him is just so captivating. Sure, the violence is on point but there is so much more to this world of fervent rampage and constant carnage which makes the entire John Wick franchise so goddamn special. Watch any of the John Wick films and you will be entertained. Personally, the first is my favorite, so far, but any of them are solid bets. Even the fourth, which releases in a few weeks. That one looks to be the best to date.

Honorable Mentions: Drive, The Crow, Machete, Max Payne, Taken, Death Wish, The Bad Batch, I saw the Devil, The Harder They Fall, The Long Kiss Goodnight, True Grit, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Inglourious Basterds, The Northman, Revenge, Upgrade, Mad Max, Martyrs (kind of), Darkman, Get Carter

[escapismthroughfilm]

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Monkey Man is a movie about--and I mean this in the most literal way possible--how the kindness and wisdom of trans people can alter the trajectory of not only your life but also society

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I have some...rather complex feelings about Promising Young Woman. But its position as my first opportunity to review a dvd was a nice testament to special features adding to an experience, and gave me the opportunity to approach it a second time. While my feelings haven't changed, I have grown to respect what it does for other survivors who identify with it.

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Bill Skarsgård as Eric Draven in THE CROW (2024)

[ruleof3bobby]

PEPPERMINT (2018) Grade: C

Exactly what you see in the trailer. Didn't bring anything different to the revenge character.

Average action film.

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OBI-WAN KENOBI & ANAKIN SKYWALKER Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005) dir. George Lucas

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STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005) dir. George Lucas

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just two men as god had made them i guess

[earlycuntsets]

ray: I like how they have that like uh- they got nasa thing? like what up with that poster of the dude? of the astronaut? how does it make it like principals office it just works it's so funny.

from the making of i'm not okay