With her stylish and bloody rape-revenge thriller, French first-timer Coralie Fargeat turns a disputable subgenre upside down.

| Dec 26, 2018

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 27, 2018

A stunning reinvention of the rape-revenge exploitation film that had me sitting at the edge of my seat first frame to last.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 31, 2018

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

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

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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 17, 2018

Gore-soaked and transgressive, "Revenge" will test your stomach's mettle - in a variety of ways.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 16, 2018

Torture and injury ensue, but nothing is as off-putting as the visual excesses which smack of student film-making beneath the high production values...

| May 15, 2018

Revenge is a bloody middle finger ... a kick in the balls with a feminine combat boot. You've been warned, gents.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 14, 2018

Revenge is part trashy exploitation flick, part Looney Tunes romp.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 13, 2018

It's a film that manages to leer at its scantily clad heroine only to eventually make you root for her to dish out as much bloody punishment as possible.

| Original Score: B+ | May 11, 2018

Though the film makes a valiant effort to subvert a sexist formula by shrouding itself in French art film trappings and pseudo-empowering femininity, it ultimately falls prey to its exploitative roots.

| May 11, 2018

Ah, but is it a good revenge movie? Oui, vraiment, and one that doesn't leave you feeling particularly sordid.

| May 11, 2018

Revenge is a brutal, bloody, exhilarating work that does not even for a moment blink.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 11, 2018

Coralie Fargeat tears into the rape revenge genre with a startling ferocity in her debut feature, the brutal, bloody and beautiful "Revenge."

| May 11, 2018

Coralie Fargeat's feature debut Revenge is a jaw-dropping thriller that's both nail-bitingly brutal and fiercely feminist.

| May 11, 2018

It all becomes very silly and very panto... The claims for feminist credibility feel very last-ditch indeed.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 10, 2018

The film is going to strain your suspension of disbelief to the breaking point. But if you can get past one particular event, you're going to find Revenge a madcap, satisfying thrill ride.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 10, 2018

Offers a woman's POV on the age-old tale and succeeds in turning a B concept soaked in blood into a pure adrenaline rush of terror, grounded firmly in the real and horrifying dynamics that breed rape culture.

| May 10, 2018

The film we need right now, from a filmmaker we need right now.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 10, 2018