History Film / Revenge2017

* OnlyOneName: The characters' family names are never mentioned.

* MushroomSamba: Jen takes a peyote bud as an anaesthetic to kill the pain while she conducts SelfSurgery. However, in the aftermath, she experiences a series of hallucinations, including a sequence where she seemingly wakes up only to be shot in the head by Richard, only to wake up again and have the sequence repeat.

* SelfSurgery: Jen uses a hunting knife to cut out the broken branch that is stuck through her abdomen, and then uses a heated aluminium can to cauterize the wound. Stan later uses nothing but his fingers to dig a glass shard out of his foot.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: We're never explicitly told where the events of the story are; all we're shown is that it's a remote desert region (the film was shot in Morocco).

* DumbBlonde: This is more or less how Jen is introduced. [[SubvertedTrope She's one helluva lot more competent than anyone expects, though]].

* FeministFantasy: [[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/revenge_2018 General consensus]] about this film is that it gives its exploitation genre a decidedly feminist spin, with some critics calling it "the bloodiest, most violent contribution to the [=#MeToo=] movement". Case in point: this is one of the very few movies where the male main character is shown completely naked from the front while the female lead is only ever seen very briefly topless

* HealItWithFire: Jen heals her injuries by cutting open and flattening an aluminum beer can, holding it over the fire and then pressing it against her wound. In doing so she inadvertently brands the beer can's logo on her flesh, which happens to be a ThePhoenix.

* {{Fanservice}}: The first 15 minutes or so are little more than an extended demonstration of how ridiculously beautiful Jen is, with copious amounts of MaleGaze, EroticEating and sexy dancing. It works well to make what follows all the more horrifying.

* FeministFantasy: [[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/revenge_2018 General consensus]] about this film is that it gives its exploitation genre a decidedly feminist spin, with some critics calling it "the bloodiest, most violent contribution to the [=#MeToo=] movement". Case in point: this is one of the very few movies where the male main character is shown completely naked from the front while the female lead is only ever seen undressed from behind.

* MaleFrontalNudity: Richard's schlong can be clearly seen multiple times [[BookEnds near the beginning and the end]] of the film. There's actually more explicit male nudity in the film than there is female, with Jen never showing more than some ToplessnessFromTheBack.
* MaleGaze: From the moment Dimi and Stan are introduced to Jen, all they can do is stare at her scantly clad beauty. In fact, during at least half of the first 15 minutes of the film's runtime, the camera focuses exclusively on Jen's butt. Dimi also spends an entire scene gawking at Jen's lips through his binoculars although she's merely sitting on the opposite side of the table.

* UnkemptBeauty: Jen is gorgeous by conventional standards even with, or maybe also because of, her messy hairdo. However, over the course her ordeal, she is transformed into a completely different kind of beauty. Her blonde hair is dyed black by blood and dirt, as are her clothes and she becomes a savage goddess of retribution.

* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: Or in this case, Jen Is About To Ruin Your Day With a Pimped-Out Shotgun.
* SelfSurgery: Jen uses a hunring knife to cut out the broken branch that is stuck through her abdomen, and then uses a heated aluminium can to cauterize the wound.

* AgonyOfTheFeet: When Jen is being chased by Stan on the mountain trail, [[spoiler:she smashes the lens of her flashlight and scatters the broken glass on the ground where Stan steps on it with his bare foot, driving the glass shards deep into the sole of his foot]].

* LawOfInverseRecoil: Averted, as recoil is portrayed fairly realistically. In particular, the first time Jen fires Dimi's Mossberg 590 shotgun, she is completely unprepared for the recoil and it knocks her flat on her ass. [[spoilerLThe shot goes wild and wings Stan in the shoulder, rather than hitting him in the head]][[note]]It should be noted that Dimi, the FatBastard she took it off of, was much heavier than the slight Jen[[/note]].

* LawOfInverseRecoil: Averted, as recoil is portrayed fairly realistically. In particular, the first time Jen fires Dimi's Mossberg 590 shotgun, she is completely unprepared for the recoil and it knocks her flat on her ass. The shot goes wild and wings Stan in the shoulder, rather than hitting him in the head. (It should be noted that Dimi, the FatBastard she took it off, was much heavier than the slight Jen.)

* TheOner: The is a single long tracking shot that starts when Richard hears a noise and steps out of the shower and picks up his shotgun. The shot then follows him as he prowls the house and the pool area in search of Jen. The long shot is useful as it establishes the exact layout of the corridors where Richard and Jen will later be playing cat-and-mouse.

* CampingACrapper: Jen is stalking [[spoilerLDimi around the lake, and when he stops to take a piss, she sneaks up and steals the rifle he puts down. However, Dimi is [[SmarterThanYouLook smarter than he looks]] and this is actually a trap he has set for Jen, and [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets the rifle is unloaded]].]]

* AgonyOfTheFeet: When Jen is being chased by Stan on the mountain trail, she smashes the lens of her flashlight and scatters the broken glass on the ground where Stan steps on in with his bare foot; driving the glass shards deep into the sole of his foot.

* CampingACrapper: Jen is stalking Dimi around the lake, and when he stops to take a piss, she sneaks up and steals the rifle he puts down. However, Dimi is actually [[SmarterThanYouLook smarter than he looks]] and this is actually a trap he has set for Jen, and [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets the rifle is unloaded]].

* EyeScream: When Dimi is attempting to drown Jen in the lake, Jen manages to snatch his hunting knife from its sheath without him noticing. She then rakes the blade over both his eyes, then jams it up to the hilt in one of his eye sockets.
* FakeoutEscape: Richard lays a false blood trail across the carpet to make it look like he left the house via the sliding door to lure Jen out of hiding to pursue him. Unfortunately for him, the blood trickling from his wound gives away his hiding spot before Jen falls for his decoy.

* GuileHero: For someone who initially comes across as a shallow blond cutie, Jen shows remarkable resourcefulness and quick thinking in an extremely traumatic situation she is unlikely to have any experience with.

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: When Dimi stops to take a piss, he leaves his rifle propped against a rock. Jen sneaks in and grabs the rifle. However, when she attempts to shoot him, she discovers the rifle is unloaded. Dimi is too experienced a hunter to leave a loaded rifle lying around unattended, and he was actually using the rifle as bait to lure her out of hiding.

* MaleGaze: From the moment Dimi and Stan are introduced to Jen, all they can do is stare at her scantly clad beauty. In fact, during at least half of the first 15 minutes of the film's runtime, the camera focuses exclusively on Jen's butt.

* PistolWhipping: After Jen walks into his trap, Dimi smashes his rifle butt down on her head. When she awakes, he is attempting to drown her in the lake.

* SnipingTheCockpit: Stan finds Jen walking along a narrow mountain track and attempts to [[CarFu run her down]]. Jen puts a single shot through the windscreen and straight through his forehead.

* OhCrap: The expression on the faces of Richard, Stan and Dimi says it all when they return to the canyon to dispose of Jen's body and look over the edge of the cliff and discover that the body is no longer there.

* FeministFantasy: [[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/revenge_2018 General consensus]] about this film is that it gives its exploitation genre a decidedly feminist spin, with some critics calling it "the bloodiest, most violent contribution to the [=#MeToo=] movement".

* DestroyTheEvidence: After pushing Jen off the cliff, Richard returns to his house and burns all of her personal belongings: removing any trace that she was ever there.

* UnkemptBeauty: Jen is gorgeous by conventional standards. However, over the course her ordeal, she is transformed into a completely different kind of beauty. Her blonde hair is dyed black by blood and dirt, as are her clothes and she becomes a savage goddess of retribution.

* MaleFrontalNudity: Richard's schlong can be clearly seen after the first night he spent with Jen. There's actually more explicit male nudity in the film than there is female.

* CampingACrapper: Jen is stalking Demi around the lake, and when he stops to take a piss, she sneaks up and steals the rifle he puts down. However, Demi is actually [[SmarterThanYouLook smarter than he looks]] and this is actually a trap he has set for Jen, and [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets the rifle is unloaded]].

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: When Demi stops to take a piss, he leaves his rifle propped against a rock. Jen sneaks in and grabs the rifle. However, when she attempts to shoot him, she discovers the rifle is unloaded. Dimi is too experienced a hunter to leave a loaded rifle lying around unattended, and he was actually using the rifle as bait to lure her out of hiding.
* LawOfInverseRecoil: Averted, as recoil is portrayed fairly realistically. In particular, the first time Jen fires Dimi's Mossberg 590 shotgun, she is completely unprepared for the recoil and it knocks her flat on her ass. The shot goes wild and wings Stan in the shoulder, rather than hitting him in the head. (It should be noted that Dimi, she FatBastard she took it off, was much heavier than the slight Jen.)

* OhCrap: The expression on the faces of Richard, Stan and Dimi says it all when they return to the canyon to dispose of Jen's body and look over the edge of the cliff and discover that the body is no longer.

* CampingACrapper: Jen is stalking Demo around the lake, and when he stops to take a piss, she sneaks up and steals the rifle he puts down. However, Demi is actually [[SmarterThanYouLook smarter than he looks]] and this is actually a trap he has set for Jen, and [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets the rifle is unloaded]].