I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Vile, sadistic and rather repulsive film is basically just a remake of the first film, which of course was a remake of the notorious 1978 film. This time out wannabe model Katie (Jemma Dallender) answers an ad, which turns out to be the mistake of her life when three brothers kidnap, rape and torture her. Katie manages to survive the ordeal and then sets out for vengeance. I'll admit that I was a fan of the 1978 film and I thought the 2010 remake had a few interesting ideas but sadly there's really nothing that works here. The entire film remains watchable if you're into the entire rape/revenge genre but there's just no question that very little thought went into this thing. It's clear that director Steven R. Monroe just wanted to push the boundaries of taste and make the viewer squirm as much as he could. He didn't really succeed because to be honest the rape scenes aren't nearly as graphic as one would expect. Even the death scenes are all pretty forgettable with the exception of the final one, which I won't ruin here but in its uncut form it certainly crosses a line that most torture/porn flicks wouldn't dare do. What really amazes me is how stupid a lot of the picture is including an entire subplot dealing with a priest and the worst thing is that the screenwriters decided to give Katie God-awful one-liners as if we were watching some cheap action picture from the 80s. The special effects in the film aren't all that bad and if you like watching torture then there's going to be a lot of it here for you. The performances are all decent for the most part, although Dallender can't pull off enough to make the role all that memorable. That there is another problem as you simply don't care about the victim and you really don't care about her vengeance. I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2 is a cheap and somewhat worthless exploitation film that's trying to cash in on the success of the first one. As with a lot of sequels, any brains have been left behind and instead we're just given another version of the original but it can be skipped.