Revengers Tragedy

2002
6.5| 1h46m| en| More Info
Released: 06 August 2002 Released
Producted By: Northcroft Films
Country: United Kingdom
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Revenue: 0
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A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic Liverpool. Christopher Eccleston plays the revenge-obsessed Vindice, who has sworn to kill the evil Duke (Derek Jacobi) who murdered his one true love.

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Alicia I love this movie so much
Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Rabh17 I will say that you have to be prepared for this English retelling of a Middle Age Play. Forget the SciFi elements. If you think Sci-Fi, you will feel short-changed. If you think pure stage drama with post apocalyptic 21st century props, then you will be ready to sit thru this.And while the setting is Post-Apocaplytic England, the language and script is wholly Olde English/Elizabethan. So you will quirk an eye-brow and go "Huh?" when you start hearing the 'My Lord's, the 'My Lady's, and long archaic, flowery phrases.BUT. . .having said that: you can get into the swing of it after 15 minutes and go along for the ride. It IS different.And because women tend to like all things 'Play-ish', this one is Girlfriend Friendly with extra brownie points for the Guy in her bank-- for purely female reasons.So be a Good Joe and try to keep your finger OFF the FF button.
qv1879 The basic story is simple; On the day one man is married his new wife is murdered by a gangster because she wouldn't give into his "lust". The husband has to leave the town or be murdered. Ten years later, the husband returns to extract vengeance.This film is based on Cyril Tourneur's play. The Revenger's Tragedy. The film makers brought the time period (1600)to the present(2002). The dialogue remains in the 17th century and all or most of the actors were from the North of England. That's not altogether a bad thing. The viewer really doesn't need the dialogue to understand the story because of the strong acting abilities of the actors involved. The one performance that made my skin crawl was Derek Jacobi as the Duke. Three actors stood out as carrying the film on their shoulders; Jacobi Christopher Eccleston, and Eddie Izzard, but it was Jacobi that stood out the most.I do recommend this movie. You might have to watch it a couple of times, but when you are finished, I think you will agree with me that it is a very good movie.
lizzie2763 i bought this film because it had eddie izzard in it. i was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. eccleston and izzard were great. derek jacobi was brilliant. The plot wasn't too predictable. the idea for the backdrop to be post-apocalyptic Liverpool was an inspiration. worth watching. its a film i would watch more than once. happy to add it to my favourites collection. the speech was sometimes drowned out by the background music which made the film a little hard to follow. but i intend to watch the film again, so I'm sure i will pick up stuff i missed the first time round. and my film doesn't have subtitles which would have helped.
autonutter I thought the film was brilliant, fair enough, some things were slightly questionable, but on the whole, the film was great. Oh and Scouser boy, the script is actually a play, written by Thomas Middleton in 1607, so no use complaining coz the guy who wrote it won't be able to hear you! Christopher Eccleston is brilliant in the lead role, adding a gritty determined and almost sinister touch to the character; Eddie Izzard is wonderfully camp but never the less remains serious throughout the film. It's colourful and fun (the 'footy' match is inspired lunacy)...well apart from the grim storyline. Don't be looking for realism, instead just revel in Alex Cox's artistic approach to modern storytelling and enjoy the film.