Rape/Revenge movies have a long and grimy tradition in the cinema world. These movies don’t glorify the prior act, while putting the latter on a pedestal. This is the way it should be, rape is in no way shape or form a defensible act; however, in the form of a rape/revenge movie it can become quite exhilarating to watch the woman overcome and have her revenge on her attackers, thus destroying the male gaze. The films in this genre can be as grimy as they come, like
House on the Edge of the Park and
I Spit on Your Grave, they can be unsettlingly artistic like
Ms. 45 and
Irreversible, they can even be popular mainstream films like
Death Wish and
Kill Bill, Vol. 1. Of late, there have not been all that many that I have been aware of. Now, I have
Revenge to fill that hole.
