It's a sequel people, a continuation from the first controversial instalment that had viewers looking away from screens due to the sheer amount of blood, torture and obscenity. After the previous chapter, which felt all too familiar, they changed things up slightly. Following from the events of the first film, Jennifer ditches her career aspirations to become an assault hotline operator and attend group counselling sessions in order to heal her scarring experience. She develops a bond with a girl who is then mysteriously murdered. What does Jennifer do? She lures and traps these unpunished rapists/murderers and kills them in the only way possible...brutally. Stab a neck, slice a man's "Crown Jewels" (only way I could think of politely describing it) in half and even shoving a huge pipe and hammering it up someone's...well, you get the idea. That's all well and good if you have a sadistic mind, but I'm afraid that's only 7 minutes of the film. The remaining 84 minutes are bad. Just plain bad. Firstly, I actually found this film to be the most distasteful. Not because of the vivid torture scenes, which actually are few and far between in this chapter, but due to the depiction of men. Apparently we are all rapists and only live to have sex because it's the only thing we think about constantly. Nearly every male character is depicted to be disgusting, and it's offensively unrealistic. Clearly aiming for a female empowerment thriller, yet it misses and then some due to the horrendous one sided perspective. The screenplay isn't intelligent enough to make us sympathise with Jennifer, so it's just watching a woman kill men with a minimal amount of psychological analysis of her mental stability. She becomes disillusioned with society, unable to differentiate between well-meaning men and sexual predators. But the boring plot and unexciting dialogue never fully explores this. The acting was mediocre also. For a film that breaks its own formula, it feels more familiar than ever.
I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance Is Mine
2015
Action / Crime / Horror / Thriller
Plot summary
Jennifer Hills is still tormented by the brutal sexual assault she endured years ago. She's changed identities and cities, reluctantly joining a support group where she begins to piece together a new life. But when her new friend's murderer goes free and the tales of serial rapists haunt her, Jennifer will hunt down the men responsible and do what the system won't - make them pay for their crimes in the most horrific ways imaginable. Only this time, no jury may be able to save her.
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I Spit On Your Grave 3 cuts through the familiar formula only for it to become bloody boring blandness.
direct sequel
Jennifer Hills (Sarah Butler) is still haunted by her rape and is living under the new name Angela. She has a therapist and attends a support group. She fantasizes about vigilante violence. When a friend in the group is murdered, she turns into a real vigilante.
This is a direct sequel to the first movie. It's a continuation of the story rather than a repeat. It's more akin to Death Wish. This works to that extend. There isn't much else. The cops are heartless idiots. The world is full of lecherous males. Even when they aren't, she says that they are. I do appreciate a direct sequel but it's the least imaginative way forward. There is limited tension and limited story advancement.
JUSTICE ISN'T SOMETHING FOR YOU, IT'S SOMETHING YOU DISH OUT
There is nothing like a good rape/revenge film or so it seems since we are on number 3. Jennifer/Angela (Sarah Butler) is now in group where she befriends Marla (Jennifer Landon) an over the top woman who had all the best lines. At this point it becomes a fun "Lila and Eve" as they form a little vigilante group.
The film contained flashbacks from part 2 in case you forgot what a gang rape looked like. Marla was a great character, Angela wore thin without her. Gabriel Hogan played the detective and was Crispin Glover creepy in the role, perhaps by design as nearly all the men were like that except for Oscar (Doug McKeon) who was part of the group. The film started out great and would have been far better if they had kept their only good character in it longer.
Guide: F-bomb, bloody violence, brief rape scenes, brief nudity in film flashback.