Ascotrudgeracer Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Where DeNiro disembowels the old mafia don who shotgunned his mother and murdered his father...BEAUTIFUL! Even though the old man looked to be dying anyway, DeNiro guts him with his knife, AND gets away. One reason I say Godfather II was better than the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieProfessor Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Robert Shaw as the Israeli secret agent in "Black Sunday." He finally gets his revenge over terrorist Marthe Keller. First, he spares her life during a commando raid, only to realize she's the one who later on has murdered his partner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 The recent "Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2" and "Gladiator" was very good. Others are "Commando", Ben Hur", "Star Trek the Wrath of Khan" could be considered one but Khan really didn't get revenge and destroyed his comrades and himself by his obsession with getting revenge. "Death Wish" By the way, whatever happened to "Kill Bill, Volume 3"? Edited by: hamradio on Jan 30, 2011 7:42 PM I mispelled that word that badly? :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm001 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 CARRIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Oh come on, you can't forget Murder on the Orient Express. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 *V for Vendetta* *The Shawshank Redemption* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsonschoice Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Nevada Smith Open Range The Charge of the Light Brigade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket_Man Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Greatest act of revenge in the history of cinema: Judah Ben-Hur's triumph over Messala in the great chariot race (though Judah then has to listen to the sermon to pay for the "free" meal by enduring five reels of additional suffering until he finds redemption). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyGeetar Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I've always enjoyed what Doris Day did to Rock Hudon's apartment at the end of Pillow Talk . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFavoriteFilms Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I would say that Bette and Joan have a series of vengeful scenes in WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Due to a lack of a sense of humor my last post was deleted, it was a "Kill Bill" satire after all, geeze. My list *was* "Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2" "Star Trek the Wrath of Khan" "Gladiator" "Death Wish" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dianabat Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 *The Heiress* When Olivia de Havilland walks up those steps, that look of grim satisfaction on her face, you don't know whether to cheer or cry. Di Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieProfessor Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I'll add "Sam Spade" to the list. He gets his revenge over the death of his partner in "The Maltese Falcon." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phroso Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 The last ten minutes of *FREAKS*, starting with the switchblade opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Gloria Grahame serves Lee Marvin a nice steaming hot cup of java in "The Big Heat". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 It's as much 'just desserts' as it is revenge, but the ending of *Kiss Me Deadly*, with its radioactive McGuffin is nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascotrudgeracer Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Marvin deserved (in the movie, of course) to be trussed, laid on his side, and Gloria should have poured the boiling coffee into his ear...through a funnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I think moments of revenge can be put in two categories: those that encourage us to be thrilled in its success, and those that trouble us. The best examples of the first, in the sense of being both cinematically successful and being morally unproblematic, are the ends of Jaws and Aliens, which are both thrilling, and are almost perfect examples of self defense, with the first against a monster that isn't even sentient. By contrast, when Ethan Edwards scalps the already dead Scar, that is meant to remind us that Edwards has crossed a line. Just/Cool Revenge Murder on the Orient Express: I should point out that this is excently shot, with suberb lightning, haunting music, and many excellent star turns, with Rachel Roberts twisting the knife ("****") and John Gielguld saying "For my Gentleman." Goodfellas/Casino: In both movies, Joe Pesci's characters get punished, even by fellow mafioso. Ran: The treacheous Lady Kaede is beheaded, with a shocking jolt of blood. The Man who Would be King: Clearly a spectacular way to go. The Manchurian Candidate: At the last minute the bad characters are killed, with matricide as patriotic duty. Tess: "I've killed him," as all we see is blood dripping through the floor/ceiling. Once Upon a time in the West: Henry Fonda's character has a harmonica shoved in his mouth in his dying moments. The Wild Bunch: This mass slaughter probably wouldn't work if any of the Bunch got out alive. Problematic revenge The Godfather: That Carlo Rizzi's murder should be viewed as anything other than a crime can only be viewed if you think there are any circumstances justifying the murder of your godson's father. And in no way does this make Connie Rizzi a better person. But since many people didn't get the point, we have the whoel thing redone in The Godfather, Part II only worsened. Seven: John Doe is killed and of course wins everything. The Usual Suspects: The gang kills Kobayashi's bodyguards, and only find themselves deeper inside. Memento: Teddy is shot, and only at the end, do we realize that the hero has been successfully getting "revenge" uncounted times. In the Bedroom: Richard Strout is killed, and we aren't the better for it. There will be Blood: I don't know whether this board is fond of unctuous corrupt Protestant evangelists, but after seeing Eli Sunday with a bowling pin, truly "I'm finished." The Rules of the Game: What's the best way of having revenge for adultery than killing the wrong person. No Country for Old Men: One can argue that Carla Jean Moss' murder is "revenge" for violating a psychopath's rules. One could also say the Coen Brothers intend this to be "cool" revenge, since Anton Chigurh is the coolest character in the movie. A Short Film about Killing: A dirty punk kills a cabdriver and is promptly executed. There's no reason to believe that his dignity or the law has been compromised in any way. So why aren't we happy? Lolita: Everything you don't want in a revenge plot, a compromised avenger, an off-screen death in prison and a victim who won't take you seriously. The Unfaithful Wife/Unfaithful: Oldboy: The hero of his own revenge plot finds out he is the victim of another's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 A shark isn't even sentient? When I watched *Jaws*, I rooted for the shark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeHolman Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Ethan scalps Scar in the Searches... The Immortal John Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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