Violation

In horror, the topic o rape and revenge is usually featured in the kind of exploitation trash that has lots of explicit violence, nudity and only a superficial sketch character psychology. But the creators of this film went against the grain and wrapped the subject into an arthouse robe. If you’re looking for another I Spit on your Grave or Last House on the Left you’ll be very unpleasantly surprised. The way the creators approach the genre is manifested, among others things, in the very slow pace, the confusion at the beginning and, unfortunately, the very unlikeable characters. Their psychological portrayal is a lot deeper than what is common in similar movies, but the fact that one is worse than the other doesn’t contribute much to the viewer’s comfort, which, of course, corresponds to the story and it’s a rational creative choice. In short, this film is not supposed to be “liked” and in that sense, mission accomplished. On the other hand, it’s very stylised, with long poetic shots in nature and several boldly explicit sequences, so even people who are not too much into psychological dramas will have something to look at. Objectively, it’s well made, but not really for me – I’m sure I won’t be watching it again. (03/26/2021)

No, really not! The rape and revenge subgenre is my favorite, and there hasn’t been a proper representative for quite a few years now. Violation gave some hope, but no. It continues the new trend in the horror scene, which is more annoying than the previous one (found footage), now it is about turning horror into drama and this year there is so much of it that I'm really starting to get fed up with it. Violation is a typical drama, it’s slow, nothing happens there, the actors are unlikeable, and the plot is even dull and uninteresting for a drama. In foreign reviews mention words like shocking, disturbing, and brutal, but maybe that's for people for whom cutting a throat is the maximum threshold of tolerance. There was only one brutal scene, the sawing off of a leg, which I would applaud in a five-minute short, but not in a two-hour feature film where most of the time is spent staring into space or the camera focuses on lengthy empty shots. Disgusting. One star for the leg, the second for the relatively decent technical side, otherwise it's completely pointless and an insult to the genre!! 3/10. (03/26/2021)