Zoë Kravitz is spellbinding in a visceral, white-knuckle, startlingly-prognosticable, hyperbolic cat-and-mouse game drenched in atmospheric paranoia, corporate assassin thrills, mental health, post-covid conspiracy; even if ~amuse-bouche. 8/10.
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Category: Revenge/Thriller
Promising Young Woman (2020)
A boldly-stylized, candy-coated, delicious new flavor of revenge-thriller with ’80’s sex-appeal/edge & palpable relevance for #MeToo era, PYW flips predator-prey dynamics w. black comedic moxie & career-performance by Carey Mulligan. 8.5/10.
[category:drama/revengethriller/comedyromance/psychological,date:2020-10-02,rate:8.5,type:movies]
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Joker (2019)
An ultra-dark sociopathological study steeped in deep nihilistic psychology with wildly-violent social commentary, Joker is A Clockwork Orange x Taxi Driver x RFAD with a career performance by Phoenix on the origins of supervillains. 8.7/10.
[category:drama/comic-book-movies-tv/psychological/political-drama/revengethriller,date:2019-09-20,rate:8.7,type:movies]
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Taxi Driver (1976)
A bronx-swanky masterpiece of sociological civilization analysis, experimental cinematography styles, jazzy soundscape, intellectually-sophisticated cynicistic worldview, & definitive De Niro performance for a legend Scorsese flick. 9.6/10.
[category:classics/drama/experimental/film-noir/psychological/revengethriller,date:1976-04-07,rate:9.6,type:movies]
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
One of the most stylized depictions of violence & teenage spirit ever filmed with a cleverly-meta juxtaposition of insouciant classical waltzes & sadistic thrills by its psychologically-twisted protagonist, A.C.O.’s striking dystopian mastercraft. 9.4/10.
[category:classics/drama/crime-films/dystopian/experimental/psychological/revengethriller/coming-of-age/science-fiction/political-drama,date:1971-09-07,rate:9.4,type:movies]
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Dial M For Murder (1954)
Another mantle piece for the definitive suspense master, Dial M For Murder boasts an unbelievably-intelligent ‘perfect-murder’ concoction screenplay, twisty tale of jealousy/blackmail in classic-Hitchcockian auterism, elegant performances. 8.7/10.
[category:classics/crime-films/film-noir/revengethriller,date:1954-12-07,rate:8.7,type:movies]
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The First Purge (2018)
The Tomei-led cast try w. the flimsy, unbalanced, overpoliticized script given and govt interference/edge-on themes are cogent, but TFP: an overly-slow, uneventful slog with dull characterization, weak performances, & not enough macabre. 2.1/10.
[category:horror/political-drama/revengethriller,date:2018-05-03,rate:2.1,type:movies]
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Psycho (1960)
A legacy of immortality jumpstarting horror & creating slashers with a once-in-a-lifetime Shower Scene that changed the course of cinematic history, Hitchcock’s Psycho: voyeuristic, avant-garde horror/thriler/noir/detectve masterpiece. 9.8/10.
[category:classics/drama/horror/slasher/crime-films/psychological/film-noir/revengethriller,date:1960-12-07,rate:9.8,type:movies]
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Death Note (2007)
The Greatest Animé Of All-Time, D.N.: chef d’oeuvre like nothing else in TV history from complex divine/mankind justice & religion themes to nightmare chiaroscuro, nihilistic prolix vs. God, hyperimaginative supernature, noirisms, wild twists. 10/10.
[category:horror/drama/manga-anime/animation/revengethriller/film-noir/fantasy/mystery,date:2007-10-17,rate:10,type:tvshows]
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Skyscraper (2018)
Though the Rock does his part with some okay action scenes & CGI, this Die Hard-imposter suffers by nonexistent characterization, razor-thin plotting, unfeasible stunts, predictable twists, & otherwise-awful acting. Disposable blockbuster. 2.1/10.
[category:actionadventure/revengethriller/heist/blockbusters,date:2018-04-02,rate:2.1,type:movies]
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