Revenge(2017): The #MeToo Payback Is A Bitch Flick We’ve Been Waiting For

Nadia Carmon
3 min readFeb 3, 2020
Revenge (2017): A violent thriller with a strong female lead and female director at the helm.

That woman deserves her revenge…and we deserve to die”. ~ Budd, Kill Bill: Vol 2

In a world devoid of fairness, these words amply sum up the moral code of the rape and revenge film universe.

Ushered by the washed-up, has-been villain Budd (A.k.a Sidewinder) in part 2 of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill series, they…

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Nadia Carmon

Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2nd Rounder ◌ Script Analyst at Coverfly ◌ Freelance Writer ◌ Black Magic Woman www.nadiacarmon.com