Post by trashcanman on Aug 7, 2017 2:08:06 GMT 2
Eli Roth just did a guest column on IGN regarding his favorite revenge flicks of all time. This is a massive genre and possibly the most significant in grindhouse history, so one would expect a lot from one of the best modern horror directors and a full-on disciple of Tarantino himself.
www.ign.com/articles/2017/08/03/death-wish-director-eli-roth-guest-column-my-favorite-revenge-movies
But what a wasted opportunity. John Wick and Taken? For reals? Taken isn't really even a revenge story so much as a rescue the damsel in distress film. Fun movies, but I feel like it's your responsibility to bring the fucking noise when you do a piece like this. Aside from Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, this shit reads like some basic bitch millennial's list. Where's I Spit on Your Grave, in which vengeance was never more thoroughly earned onscreen? Last House on the Left, where parents take revenge on the sick murderers who desecrated their daughters? Or I Saw the Devil, which earns points for most creative revenge story about a dude who surveils a rapist and shows up to beat him the fuck down every time he tries anything)? How about I Drink Your Blood, where a kid injects a bully's food with the blood of a rabid dog and starts a localized zombie apocalypse? The insanity of motherfucking Machine Girl? Lady Snowblood, which Kill Bill was bordering on being a remake of? Or if rescuing counts as revenge, The Protector, which is just flat out one of the best martial arts films ever? V for Vendetta? Shoot, even Star Wars is kind of a revenge film. How does somebody that awesome end up with such a play it safe list of mainstream star vehicles? For shame, Mr. Roth. For shame.
www.ign.com/articles/2017/08/03/death-wish-director-eli-roth-guest-column-my-favorite-revenge-movies
But what a wasted opportunity. John Wick and Taken? For reals? Taken isn't really even a revenge story so much as a rescue the damsel in distress film. Fun movies, but I feel like it's your responsibility to bring the fucking noise when you do a piece like this. Aside from Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, this shit reads like some basic bitch millennial's list. Where's I Spit on Your Grave, in which vengeance was never more thoroughly earned onscreen? Last House on the Left, where parents take revenge on the sick murderers who desecrated their daughters? Or I Saw the Devil, which earns points for most creative revenge story about a dude who surveils a rapist and shows up to beat him the fuck down every time he tries anything)? How about I Drink Your Blood, where a kid injects a bully's food with the blood of a rabid dog and starts a localized zombie apocalypse? The insanity of motherfucking Machine Girl? Lady Snowblood, which Kill Bill was bordering on being a remake of? Or if rescuing counts as revenge, The Protector, which is just flat out one of the best martial arts films ever? V for Vendetta? Shoot, even Star Wars is kind of a revenge film. How does somebody that awesome end up with such a play it safe list of mainstream star vehicles? For shame, Mr. Roth. For shame.
