Irreversible

This film is exploitation at its worst. Not only indulging in rape but also locating the film's ultimate trauma in the woman's hidden pregnancy, as if rape is not a violent enough act when the victim isn't pregnant. Disgusting, and everyone who likes this film scares the hell out of me.

I don't like the movie, but I like Monica Bellucci, she is very beautiful and her body is the goddess.

this is a lousy movie with no script or plot to it.also very bad acting.I would not recommend this to anyone

Irreversible was disturbing, unquestionably. It was probably one of the most disturbing movies I've ever seen. Two of the more notable scenes had me wanting to look away, something that the the common day torture porn movies can't seem to manage (though I stay away from them as a rule). Everything in these reviews are right in that regard -- it's not for those with soft stomachs. However, it's also a powerful film that will stick with you for several days after viewing if you can absorb it all.

Some of the reviews call it exploitive and some call it a revenge film... I'd say it's absolutely neither. It doesn't use the violence/rape as a tool for satisfaction and it doesn't use it as an excuse for later actions. In a typical revenge film the initial incident (in this case the rape of Alex) is merely the starting point for the revenge character (in this case Marcus) to go on a wild spree righting the wrongs (the fire extinguisher scene). However, because we are initially shocked and horrified by the murder with the fire extinguisher, we gain no satisfaction from it, so it's hardly called revenge (knowing it's the wrong man doesn't help either). When we see the rape scene we know there is no satisfaction in the "revenge", so it's merely disturbing and doesn't serve as an excuse for Marcus' actions. It proceeds to a small fight at a party which ends in Alex leaving - gut wrenching, if you didn't have your eyes closed for what the character had to go through 10 minutes earlier. Then, end with Marcus and Alex happily together in bed pissing away time as two people very comfortable with each other might do. Ultimately the fact that it ends with calm and caring scenes is all the more depressing... You know their future, while they sit there idly blissful.

This film would have been grossly different had it been in chronological order. It could easily be called an exploitive revenge flick with extreme violence and odd structure (an unsatisfying ending and with disproportionately happy beginning) - I'd bet chronologically it'd be an NC-17. While, fundamentally, the order as it stands makes this a film against rape and murder - certainly there was no satisfaction taken from either of them and the direction demanded that the impact be fully felt.

Its a fairly good movie. Runs from the end to the front in sections. It is a french movie with English subtitles. Has a realistic, brutal rap scene that is extremely disturbing. Affected me for 3 days.