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Anyone have a favourite movie in which the protagonist is motivated by revenge?

For me, RoboCop is always a cool one: a cop gets gunned down, starts getting flashbacks, then hunts down the gang that killed him.

Memento was also great: a guy gets attacked, loses his ability to make memories, then hunts down the guy that killed his wife.

And for humour, Office Space: most of the movie is sticking it to the company that Peter hated, but the printer scene alone is a classic show of revenge for his two cohorts.

After Kill Bill, I don't think there can be any other...

Falling Down

while not a revenge movie in the traditional sense, Mike Douglas does get to go ape@#$% insane on society.

Senor Hugo wrote:Falling Down

while not a revenge movie in the traditional sense, Mike Douglas does get to go ape@#$% insane on society.

Ooh. That's a good one.

Aaa.... Revenge-- is there anything sweeter?

Revenge of the Nerds...all four of them

Me, Grimlock! wrote:Memento was also great: a guy gets attacked, loses his ability to make memories, then hunts down the guy that killed his wife.

...or does he..?
That is a brilliant film.

I'd have to vote Straightheads (I think it was retitled Closure in the States), with Gillian Anderson and Danny Dyer. Damn hard to watch (as in emotionally taxing), but so worth it.

Old Boys.
It is made of Korean and Claw-hammer.

Delta Force

Counterpunch wrote:After Kill Bill, I don't think there can be any other...

QFT. You do not mess with The Bride.

Equilibrium. While not solely about revenge for what the government did, it was a right bit of badassery.

And of course, Revenge of the Sith.

It's probably not my favorite, but Death Sentence is a pretty good revenge movie.

Crank was a good one
So was Payback

It's not a movie, but the South Park episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die" deserves mention. the ultimate act of revenge: Tricking someone into eating a hearty chili made of their parents.

But I have to say The Punisher, mostly because it's the only one that comes to mind, bu also because it has the least morbid and most effective torture scene ever: Torture by Popsicle.

I remember that episode of Southpark, that was great.

My favorite revenge movie has to be Kung Pow-Enter The Fist.

Death Wish.


Charles Bronson could totally take the Bride.

Shadowman wrote:It's not a movie, but the South Park episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die" deserves mention. the ultimate act of revenge: Tricking someone into eating a hearty chili made of their parents.

But I have to say The Punisher, mostly because it's the only one that comes to mind, bu also because it has the least morbid and most effective torture scene ever: Torture by Popsicle.

"Welcome Shadowman to my chili con carnival!"

TheMuffin wrote:Equilibrium. While not solely about revenge for what the government did, it was a right bit of badassery.

And of course, Revenge of the Sith.

My favorite of the eh hem..."first three"

but a lot of my favs were already stated by others!

Revenge of the Nerds and The Crow (only the first one)

Commando comes to mind. Best scene from that movie was when he raided an armory. Recently, Kill Bill.

As of a couple days ago, my favorite revenge movie has got to be Lucky Number Sleven.

Oh I forgot about that one. Hilarious yet oddly disturbing at the same time.

The Punisher

The Gladiator

The Patriot with Mel Gibson

Braveheart

Daredevil


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