Comparisons to such high-minded films about abuse and retaliation as EXTREMITIES (1986), DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (1994) and even HARD CANDY (2006) may reflect the high-minded aspirations of this rape-revenge picture. But its lurid provocations owe more to MS. 45 (1981), I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978) and SUDDEN DEATH (1985), all of which are less pretentious and clearer about what they have to say.
Studious 19-year-old Maya (Rosario Dawson) meets handsome, cocky jock Jared (Chat Faust) at a frat party and is unimpressed by his smooth-dude moves. "That's flattering, in a restraining order kind of way," she sneers when he retreats from his initial swaggering come-o...
Released:
2007
Rated:
NC-17
Length:
110 mins