Revenge (2018)
77%RT Audience Score: 58%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 1 Oscar
26 wins & 63 nominations total
Revenge slices and dices genre tropes, working within an exploitation framework while adding a timely — yet never less than viscerally thrilling — feminist spin
Revenge is the kind of movie that makes you want to scream “YAS QUEEN” while covered in fake blood and wielding a machete. Coralie Fargeat’s debut film takes the rape-revenge subgenre and turns it on its head with stunning visuals, a killer soundtrack, and a badass female lead who will have you cheering for her every step of the way. Sure, it’s not for the faint of heart (or stomach), but if you’re looking for a wild ride that will leave you feeling empowered and exhilarated, Revenge is the movie for you.
Production Company(ies)
Tokuma Japan Communications, Studio Ghibli, Nibariki
Distributor
Neon
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Grindelwald, Kanton Bern, Switzerland
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and some intense images
Year of Release
2005
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 48m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:Belgium, France
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): May 11, 2018 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 13, 2018
Genre(s)
Mystery & Thriller
Keyword(s)
Worldwide gross: $868,390,560
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,323,412,739
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 60
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 144,319,819
US/Canada gross: $380,270,577
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $579,526,021
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 55
US/Canada opening weekend: $108,435,841
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $165,254,414
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 27
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $113,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $172,210,117
Production budget ranking: 173
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $92,735,148
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $1,058,467,475
ROI to date (est.): 400%
ROI ranking: 344
Albert Dekker – Dr. G.E. Soberin
Paul Stewart – Carl Evello
Maxine Cooper – Velda
Gaby Rodgers – Gabrielle
Juano Hernandez – Eddie Yeager
Director(s)
Coralie Fargeat
Writer(s)
Coralie Fargeat
Producer(s)
Marc-Etienne Schwartz, Marc Stanimirovic, Jean-Yves Robin
Film Festivals
Sundance, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
26 wins & 63 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (135) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (125) | Rotten (10)
With her stylish and bloody rape-revenge thriller, French first-timer Coralie Fargeat turns a disputable subgenre upside down.
December 26, 2018
Scott Tobias
Variety
TOP CRITIC
Rape. Blood. Desert. Blood. Death. Blood. Drugs. Did I mention blood?Revenge, directed by Coralie Fargeat, is the French rape-revenge film you’ve been waiting for.
August 27, 2018 | Rating: 3/4
Robert Daniels
812filmreviews
TOP CRITIC
A stunning reinvention of the rape-revenge exploitation film that had me sitting at the edge of my seat first frame to last.
May 31, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
What happens next is expected-a roaring rampage of revenge, with each of the three hunters confronted like a video game boss-but Fargeat has some fun tricks to deploy.
May 23, 2018
Andrew Whalen
Newsweek
TOP CRITIC
Revenge won’t be an experience every viewer can handle, but as a piece of extreme horror, it’s an intelligent and flashy debut.
May 21, 2018
David Sims
The Atlantic
TOP CRITIC
If you usually find the genre icky and exploitative, try this one-but only if you’ve got the stomach for an abattoir’s worth of blood in a single movie.
May 17, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
Cath Clarke
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
Revenge is a promising first film and, with any luck, perhaps Fargeat will approach her next film with more of an eye on instilling some dimensionality into her characters to achieve a stronger sense of catharsis.
March 14, 2022 | Rating: 2/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Once you transcend the gore, the sheer originality of its dynamics, the ingenious transgression of its point of view (…) makes it a thrill ride of mythic proportions.
July 29, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Milana Vujkov
Lola On Film
The stylization is sensory overload with micro shots of movements and radical colorings.
April 14, 2021 | Rating: 7/10
Emma Wolfe
SpookyAstronauts
Beautiful, brutal, insane and glorious, Revenge is a tour de force of twisted creativity that the horror genre has not seen in years.
February 6, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
Andrew Murray
The Upcoming
It knows it’s exploitation and it drives home that it’s exploitation, but it redefines this whole rape-revenge sub-genre in the process.
September 21, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
It doesn’t totally reinvent the rape-revenge premise, but it rips the male gaze out of the audience’s skull. It’s iconoclastic, bombastic, beautiful, and brutal.
July 24, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Matt Cipolla
Film Monthly…
Plot
Nearly three years have passed since the beginning of the Clone Wars. The Republic, with the help of the Jedi, take on Count Dooku and the Separatists. With a new threat rising, the Jedi Council sends Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to aid the captured Chancellor. Anakin feels he is ready to be promoted to Jedi Master. Obi-Wan is hunting down the Separatist General, Grievous. When Anakin has future visions of pain and suffering coming Padmé’s way, he sees Master Yoda for counsel. When Darth Sidious executes Order 66, it destroys most of all the Jedi have built. Experience the birth of Darth Vader. Feel the betrayal that leads to hatred between two brothers. And witness the power of hope.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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