View Full Version : The Best Revenge Movie Ever Made is...
_____V_____
09-01-2007, 08:29 AM
...which one? Choose and discuss, folks!
If I forgot any good one I apologise. The idea came from a discussion I read in another website regarding The Bourne Ultimatum, plus James Wan's Death Sentence which released yesterday and Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd coming soon.
Mine would be a toss between Once Upon a Time in The West and Oldboy. I cant choose between those two...
Doc Faustus
09-01-2007, 08:37 AM
I think Kill Bill is a really excellent revenge piece. I know that it's kind of an obvious choice and it's ultra contemporary, but its melange of revenge centered genres and its great ending work. Straw Dogs and the Virgin Spring of course stand as great examples. But I would simply vote for everything Reiko Ike was in ever.
Miss Olivia
09-01-2007, 08:38 AM
I'll have to check those out :)
I can't say about the best, but I've always been partial to Pumpkinhead.....what better way to say "fuck you" than with an Appalachian demon?
Miss Olivia
09-01-2007, 08:39 AM
I think Kill Bill is a really excellent revenge piece. I know that it's kind of an obvious choice and it's ultra contemporary, but its melange of revenge centered genres and its great ending work. Straw Dogs and the Virgin Spring of course stand as great examples. But I would simply vote for everything Reiko Ike was in ever.
Kill Bill IS one of the best in my opinion. Bad bitches and samurai swords....how can you go wrong?
_____V_____
09-01-2007, 08:41 AM
Added the poll.
Now you can choose...
Doc Faustus
09-01-2007, 08:48 AM
Kill Bill IS one of the best in my opinion. Bad bitches and samurai swords....how can you go wrong?
The source material's even better. Sex and Fury, Lady Snowblood, and Female Yakuza:Inquisition and Torture make Kill Bill look like Romper Room.
Miss Olivia
09-01-2007, 08:52 AM
Sounds great.....never heard of any of it! I'll have to check that stuff out, for sure.
Speaking of great revenge, Cape Fear is another awesome movie! Were you putting it in for the remake?
Robert de Niro scared the hell out of me in that role, mostly because he was so crazy and at the same time so freaking CLEVER about it....and him sticking his finger in Juliette Lewis's mouth......EEEWWWW GROSS. That movie actually made me cringe in parts.
Toss up between Mad Max & Deathwish for me.
I picked DW
mel is a freakin nutjob - but i'll go with mad max!
maximum revenge!
paws the great
09-01-2007, 11:53 AM
I really like "I Spit on Your Grave" and "Death Wish," but my vote is for MAD MAX!!
neverending
09-01-2007, 08:47 PM
Why isn't Ms. 45 on that list?
paws the great
09-01-2007, 10:03 PM
Why isn't Ms. 45 on that list?
Vigilante
Man on Fire (2004)
The Exterminator
Thriller: A Cruel Picture
Revenge (1990)
Memento
Robocop :)
Hey V........we need a best revenge movie tournament!
roshiq
09-01-2007, 11:54 PM
Hey V........we need a best revenge movie tournament!
Agree~!:cool:
I voted OldBoy as RoboCop is missing there.
_____V_____
09-02-2007, 01:26 AM
Hey V........we need a best revenge movie tournament!
Agree~!:cool:
You got it. After the Horror Stars is over, that ll be my next one.
I am open to suggestions. We can use this thread to name some good movies which you want to see in that tournament.:cool:
btw...I already said I was missing some because the thread poll has a maximum of 10 options only. And I went for 10 of the most popular...and I know I should have included RoboCop.:rolleyes:
Keep the suggestions coming. As soon as a list is ready...the tournament rolls out!
paws the great
09-02-2007, 07:13 AM
[QUOTE=paws the great;624694]
Vigilante
Man on Fire (2004)
The Exterminator
Thriller: A Cruel Picture
Revenge (1990)
Memento
RoboCop
Dead Man's Shoes
The Punisher (2004)
Commando
The Last House on the Left
First Blood
Payback (1998))
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
Lady Vengeance
Get Catar
Death Wish 2
Braveheart
alkytrio666
09-02-2007, 10:13 AM
Toss up between Mad Max & Deathwish for me.
I picked DW
Yeah, Mad Max is tight. Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2 are great revenge stories.
Sanjuro, in a way, is a revenge story, or along those lines, that works really well.
Hell, when you think about it, common slashers like Halloween or Friday the 13th are based upon somewhat (though not always fair) of a revenge.