I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 3: VENGEANCE IS MINE

I Spit On Your Grave 3: Vengeance Is Mine Movie Review

Set a couple years after the events of the 2010 version of I Spit On Your Grave, this outing has Sarah Butler reprising her role of Jennifer Hills--she has changed her name to Angela and joined a support group for abused women. As she hears the stories of abuse of the other women, she decides to take matters into her hands and seek vengeance on the behalf of the others. This movie pretty much takes a detour from what we have come to expect from this franchise, and for as much as I Spit On Your Grave 2 doesn't feel much like a movie from the series, part three feels even less like one. Butler, who was very good in the 2010 film, is less impressive in this one--it doesn't help that they made Jennifer essentially a parody of herself in this film--when she was gearing up to go hunt the bad guys, I was fully expecting "Eye Of The Tiger" to start playing.

Rising up...

This whole Steven Seagal/Charles Bronson thing could have been much more effective had we actually SEEN some of the stuff the men did before Jennifer came after them. We also see a lot of stuff that doesn't happen--Jennifer has daydreams of what she would like to do to the people around her--if you are reminded of The Crate from Creepshow when you see this, rest assured--you're not the only one. This is a series of films that has never shied from showing this brutality, so it is kind of surprising they did so here. Jennifer eventually goes from hesitant justice seeker to serial killer, making the character even less likable. The bloodshed is there, but it is so over the top it is practically comical--the scene of Jennifer killing her former friend's ex boyfriend is particularly laughable. An interesting touch to this film is how Jennifer seduces her victims instead of sneaking up on them--we see the original Jennifer do this in the 1978 film, so seeing this strategy come back was kind of cool. This movie, much like the one before it, is much too polished, and the final scene screams mainstream horror. As the credits rolled on this film, I felt even stronger about the belief I developed after watching I Spit On Your Grave Part 2--they should have stopped after the 2010 remake. 

On A Scale Of One To Ten: 5

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