Really Surprised!

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

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.

I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance is Mine is technically a truer sequel than I Spit on Your Grave 2, as it directly follows the I Spit on Your Grave remake. The Victim form that movie, understandably has never gotten over what happen to her in that movie. She's doing counseling, but it's not helping her get back into the world at all. Then she meets a friend in group therapy that gets her to open up, but when her new buddy gets killed attempting to seek revenge on the man that raped her, Jennifer becomes fed up and decides it's it's time to...Spit on people's Graves (I don't know if that's what the title references).It starts off slow and the format seems to have nothing to do with the other rape/revenge movies in the genre. It does have it's brutally gruesome moments, but nowhere near what the other two have. Feels like the genre is growing up to fit into this time of Feminist equality, with the focus more on the mental rape rather than the physicality of it, and as such it seems to lose the violence that the other movies focus on. Not that the violent revenge on the rapist were not horrifying, but in the importance to tell the audience why this is happening it looses the violent intake.Also grasp on the superhero elements in the movie that also seems to be up on the current vibe of cinema. Jennifer plays it out like a vigilante seeking vengeance for all those that did wrong. I did really like this part, because I'm huge fan of Vengeance, and like the sub title suggest, this is what the whole film is about. Plus there is a pretty awesome twist to the film. I thought early on I saw where the movie was going and it turns out it completely did something else.So, it's a rape/revenge movie that skips the rape and focus on the revenge, which changes the genre enough that you have to be prepared for the complete 180.http://cinemagardens.com

I will certainly try to avoid spoilers in my review but have made sure to enter the spoiler warning just in case.I put off watching this series for a long time, I had read previous reviews both good and bad, I decided it was finally time to watch the trilogy. Knowing the first of the films was a remake I didn't have my hopes set too high (however I have not seen the original).I was impressed, I was disturbed, I felt for the character Jennifer Hills, I expected revenge and gore and the film delivered... by no means was it particularly innovative but I sparked emotion and that is important in a revenge/horror/gore flick.Part 2 was disappointing considering it was the same as the first film in a different location ... also I didn't feel as compelled to cheer for the victim character (I've already forgotten her name if that shows how well the movie was executed).I had about given up on the trilogy when I read the synopsis ... Oh what do we have hear? The return of Jennifer Hills, a character I enjoyed. Well heck, now I want o see it. I knew she couldn't possibly end up in the same situation as before so there as hope it wasn't going to simply be a rehash of the previous 2 films. I was excited, still felt some sadness for the Jennifer character, I really hoped we would see her struggle with the aftermath, maybe she would act as a counselor for other victims of abuse and rape, relive her story etc... but that doesn't make for an exciting revenge flick now does it ... I knew there had to be a vigilante angle... now I could only hope that she simply lost her mind and was to become a raving lunatic (Spoiler** Ya that's kinda what happened). Where this film missed the mark for me was from the get go every male character was played out to be the bad guy, even the good guys ... yes I get it, trust issues that makes sense and I really would have bought into it by the end had the Jennifer character met justice of her own ... The ending feels as though it can be interpreted a few ways, the entire story was just her fantasy and she will be set free into society to live out those fantasies (which is how I read it, and it certainly gives room for a 4th film)or that what we did watch actually happened and was now being recounted in therapy (because we do not know what happened with the officer in the park)... This is where I have the problem, to me she got away with it (either having served her time or having only had fantasies which she was about to pursue). They took an innocent character from the first film and made her the villain (which I fully support)but left her as the hero... I know this is all open for debate but I personally feel it would have been nice to see her go over the top, become what she once fought and paid the ultimate price.

I must say, after my big disappointment from the sequel, I didn't think I would really take the time to watch number 3. However, as soon as I saw that the wonderful Sarah Butler was thankfully back, and that the plot actually aims to continue the first film - I figured I'd give it a chance. Boy, am I glad I decided to do that, as "Vengeance is Mine" salvages any and all damage done by the previous sequel (which wasn't bad, simply unworthy).As the synopsis says, unlike no. 2 which was nothing more than a failing tribute (although to a certain extent fun to watch, don't rule it out yet), no. 3 is the actual sequel. Haunted by both the brutalizing gang rape and abuse she'd been through and her terrible violent acts of revenge, Jennifer (now Angela) is trying to cope with the world she believes she lives in - no friends, no altruism, always strings attached, and a blunt battle between predators and prey. Unlike the 2nd film, the acting in this one is as amazing as in the first, with terrific additions like Jennifer Landon as the neurotic Marla and Doug McKeon as the traumatized Oscar.While the first film was all about abuse and vengeance and crime and punishment, the 3rd aims to be a lot deeper and more philosophical. The police has a very central role in the plot, after having a minor one in the sequel and being non-existent in the first. Angela finds herself having to lie and hide in order to do what she defines as right, while her rage and frustration threaten to claim the lives not only of those guilty, but of others as well. The film criticizes not only the monsters who commit the crimes and the system that pathetically fails to punish them - but also the crossing of the line between justice and injustice.Vengeance is Mine was probably out to offer and upgraded plot. The actual acts of abuse receive no screen time, excluding Angela's flashbacks from the events of the first film. The film aims to show the conflict between the reality experienced by rape victims (a misogynistic world where men are either monsters, incompetent pawns or fathers of victims) and the reality that is actually out there, where the truth is gray and there are no absolutes. The victims who turn to violence are criticized as badly as the monsters who made them that way, and the system is criticized for its alleged successes as well as its blunt failures.All in all, unlike the first film, this one is not a plain vengeance film, and we often find ourselves wondering who the monster really is. While having a much deeper message, it fails to deliver the pure satisfaction given by the first film (although "fails" is probably a wrong choice of words, as it obviously had no intention of doing so). After the painful plunge of the 2nd film - the 3rd offers the salvation of the series. Not as good as the first, definitely way better than the 2nd. The added value is obvious, the acts of vengeance still immense, and the overall experience definitely worthy of the time spent watching.