The Rock(1996) R When a disgruntled ex-Marine (Ed Harris) seizes Alcatraz prison, taking hostages and threatening to blanket San Francisco with nerve gas, the feds send in a strike force led by a chemical-weapons expert (Nicolas Cage) and an ex-con (Sean Connery) who broke out of "the Rock" years earlier. Cage and Connery won an MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo in this pumped-up action-thriller from crowd-pleasing director Michael Bay. Genre: Action & Adventure, Action Thrillers, Military Action & Adventure This movie is: Exciting ============================================= Seen this one and gave it 4 out of 5 stars. Never really thought of it as a revenge movie though.
I spit on your grave was my first choice, but I see you've already seen that one. Death Wish also fits the bill. Here's a good one, much more light hearted and less violent than all the rest, but still an excellent movie: The Princess Bride. It's a comedy but one of the subplots is about a man (Inigo Montoya) seeking revenge for the murder of his father by a six fingered man. He trains for decades in order to make himself a master swordsman until one day he finally confronts his father's murderer. As he has planned for decades, he says, "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die...." Another good one, more in keeping with the rest in this thread, is Cape Fear (the original and the remake). Another great movie is True Romance. It's not really a revenge movie, but it's got the best Mexican stand off ever and I'll bet you'll like it. Also, Raw Deal, The Running Man, and Collateral Damage (all starring Arnold Schwarzenegger).
If you haven't seen the 2010 version of I Spit on Your Grave, it has a whole new set of revenge killings and you get one extra bad guy that needs killing and the girl is extra nice.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Also I don't think there's any Arnold Schwarzenegger movies I haven't seen many times. He's in my top 10 best actors list.
Did I say top 10, I must have lied because I started to make a list of my favorite male actors and it started getting long. Let me just say if you want to recommend anything don't include anything with the following actors, because I've already seen it. Arnold Schwarzenegger Steven Seagal Jean-Claude Van Damme Bruce Willis Vin Diesel Will Smith Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Nicolas Cage Kiefer Sutherland John Travolta Jason Statham Denzel Washington Tom Cruise Charles Bronson Clint Eastwood Sylvester Stallone Mel Gibson
I liked the long version, and even though its a huge book I read it pretty quickly the first time round. But I have to admit that when I tried to reread it some years later I only fixated on the parts I really liked like Edmond Dantès education in the Château d'If with Abbé Faria. But when it got into that part about Valentine being poisoned by Madam de Villefort I started to yawn a bit.
I just watched: Red Hill 2010 R 97 minutes After being shot on duty, police officer Shane Cooper (Ryan Kwanten) moves with his pregnant wife to the quiet Outback town of Red Hill, where surly sheriff Old Bill (Steve Bisley) is downright unfriendly and Shane's first day on the job turns into the worst day of his life. When killer Jimmy Conway (Tommy Lewis) escapes from jail and heads for Red Hill, the police try to track the skilled hunter, and Shane soon realizes something is very wrong. Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis, Claire van der Boom, Christopher Davis, Kevin Harrington, Richard Sutherland, Ken Radley, John Brumpton, Cliff Ellen Director: Patrick Hughes Genres: Action & Adventure, Foreign Movies, Thrillers, Action Thrillers, Crime Action & Adventure, Foreign Action & Adventure, Westerns, Foreign Thrillers, Australian Movies, Crime Thrillers This movie is: Violent, Exciting, Gritty It turned out to be one hell of a revenge movie. I would recommend it.
Yes I remember that movie. It did a very good job of placing you in the drivers seat wondering what you would do if that situation were actually happening to you. I liked it very much.
What about "Léon" also known as "The Professional and Léon: The Professional" It stars Jean Reno as a mob hitman, Gary Oldman as a corrupt DEA agent, and a young Natalie Portman, in her feature film debut, as a 12-year-old girl who is taken in by the hitman after her family is murdered. Jean Reno was the original "Victor the Cleaner" from the original "Nikita" 1990 Luc Besson directed it. It was a so-called French new wave film and I think there is a dubbed version, There was also an American version made and it suffered the usual lameification that American producers seem to insist on. Really dude you're missing out on a hell of a lot of cool films by not wanting to read subtitles.
It's in English and I gave it 5 out 5 stars in Netflix rating. I think I've seen it 3 times now. Léon: The Professional (1994) R Léon (Jean Reno), the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner." But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent (Gary Oldman), he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda (Natalie Portman). Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps. Luc Besson directs this gritty and unflinching actioner. Genre: Action & Adventure, Foreign Movies, Action Thrillers, Crime Action & Adventure, Foreign Action & Adventure, French Movies This movie is: Violent, Exciting, Gritty, Quirky, Suspenseful
I recently watched "True Romance" again, Quentin Tarantino wrote the screen play and Tony Scott directed it. I wouldn't classify it as a revenge film per-say unless you consider that Christopher Walken character of Vincenzo Coccotti who is after Christian Slater's character for taking a bag full of drugs. Christopher Walken I think has the stand out performance in this film, Vincenzo Coccotti has become some what of a fictional film mafia icon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Coccotti
Looks good, added it to my queue. Thanks True Romance (1993) NR In this darkly comic web of crime, murder and mayhem from writer Quentin Tarantino and director Tony Scott, novice prostitute Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) and her lover, comic book store clerk Clarence Worley (Christian Slater), become a Bonnie and Clyde for the 1990s. When Clarence kills Alabama's pimp, the newlyweds ride off into the sunset -- with $5 million worth of cocaine in a suitcase and the police and the mob on their trail. Genre: Action & Adventure, Independent Movies, Romantic Movies, Thrillers, Action Thrillers, Crime Action & Adventure, Independent Action & Adventure, Romantic Independent Movies, Independent Thrillers, Crime Thrillers This movie is: Violent, Dark, Inspiring, Gritty, Raunchy, Suspenseful, Romantic
love love love this movie.LOVE it How about Hard Candy . I thought it was really good. So many twists
Looks good, added to my queue. Thanks Hard Candy (2005) R Ellen Page (Juno) stars in this suspenseful drama from director David Slade as Hayley, an intelligent teen who's got her own reasons for spending so much time with Geoff (Patrick Wilson), a much older man she met online. Even though Geoff is a charming, good-looking photographer, Hayley should know better than to go home with a guy in his early thirties -- especially since he might have ulterior motives. Genre: Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers, Steamy Thrillers This movie is: Controversial, Steamy, Gritty, Suspenseful
I really liked “Running Scared." It’s a 2006 film, that got mixed reviews. It suffers from a Hollywood ending that seems to have just been tacked on. And it’s obvious that the original director wasn’t responsible for it. In the scene before that lame ending most of the characters die in very poetic circumstances. That’s the real ending.
I've seen it and even gave it 5 stars, however I like how you discribed the ending. Running Scared (2006) R Low-level mobster Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) is tasked with disposing of a gun used to kill cops during a drug bust. But when it's stolen by his son's friend and used in another high-profile crime, Joey must find the gun quickly -- or pay the ultimate price. Along the way, he'll lock horns with the Russian mob and other dregs of society, which includes a corrupt police detective (Chazz Palminteri) who's hot on his trail. Genre: Action & Adventure, Thrillers, Action Thrillers, Crime Action & Adventure, Crime Thrillers, Gangster Movies This movie is: Violent, Suspenseful
Well I just watched the following movie, and I hate to say it but it was a bit slow for my taste. Doesn't really live up to expectations of the write up. Revenge 1990 UR 104 minutes Tony Scott, director of Top Gun, delivers another tale of a fighter pilot and a dangerous romance here. Kevin Costner plays a former ace attracted to the sultry wife (Madeline Stowe) of his powerful Mexican host (whose name, Tiburon, means shark in Spanish). Anthony Quinn plays Tiburon, and Miguel Ferrer and Sally Kirkland are along for the ride in this sweaty saga of illicit love filmed on location in Mexico. Cast: Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, Tomas Milian, Joaquin Martinez, James Gammon, Jesse Corti, Sally Kirkland, Luis de Icaza, Gerardo Zepeda Director: Tony Scott Genres: Dramas, Romantic Movies, Crime Dramas, Romantic Dramas, Steamy Romantic Movies This movie is: Emotional, Steamy, Suspenseful, Romantic
I just finished watching Hard Candy (very good). Makes you wonder what kind of life could make a 14 year old girl act like that? Also, can you imagine anyone being able to talk you into hanging yourself, for any reason? It's clear that she is a classic sociopath with skill and knowledge beyond her years, and she was surely out for revenge.
