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The fact that there was no revenge in this film...

posted 7 years ago by TheMan18 (13118)
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... as well as the fact that the perpetrator towards the end even attempted to appear somewhat sympathetic, although it could just be a mere condition of his taking over, rather than facing any kind of real retaliation and punishment for his deed (and he even appeared to be somewhat normal middle aged man as opposed to an overblown Max Cady-type of violent sexual psychopath)...

Is that a comment made by the filmmakers that as horrible a deed as it is indeed, there's nothing too wrong with either forgiveness or moving on, and that violent "I Spit on Your Grave"-type of retributional revenge isn't going to help much if at all?

And how come even the woman who was his victim felt some sorrow for him towards the end when he was dying and was even in a way desperate for an ambulance to arrive and save him, and even begged her teacher husband not to hurt him in return?

[–] TheMan18 (13118) 7 years ago

Ah but then ANOTHER question in this type of deed surely cannot help but resurface (from the civilized people, indeed) - so even if a victim IS able to move on somehow and forgive (see also Abel Ferrara's film "Bad Lieutenant" (1992) as a reference point) the dastardly deed, does that necessarily HAVE to mean that the guilty perpetrator has to get away with it unpunished, and not JUST to feel better in terms of retaliation, but ALSO to at least potentially make sure the person doesn't offend AGAIN, so it being for the public safety most of all?

Granted, spoilers alert, it is indeed implied that the man here at the end dies due to his condition, so in a way, you could say that with his death he also kind of paid the dues (even if he died not because someone killed him for it ala "I Spit on Your Grave"-revenge-movie-style and its various variations, heck, you could even namedrop here one of the greatest films EVER made that works on more than just that level - Ingmar Bergman's eternal perfect 10/10 classic "The Virgin Spring"), you could also draw similarities in that sense to Pedro Almodovar's "Talk to Her" (2002) as well, but still...

Yes, various types of laws (both successful and sadly often failures) and attitudes (indeed, in our humanity, they DO differ) aside, and yes I perfectly agree that whatever the reasons, people should NOT do it in the first place and there is no excuse for it whatsoever, even murder, and I am of course generally AGAINST murder especially of the innocents like that, can at times be justified but still, with this movie, the fact that revenge just doesn't happen, was there meant to be a deeper meaning and statement to be made with this?