Steineded How sad is this?

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

jgw321 If you want a film full of violence and revenge, to get your adrenaline going, then this will fill the bill. It doesn't have the qualities to make it a great film, but it is not pretending to be that, just an entertaining action flick.However, it is a bad film in that it seems to have the message behind it that vigilantism is the solution to our current crime problems. In watching the film it dawns on you that the author is saying our current system is broken and out of control. So well and good, that is a good point to make, but in watching the short bundled with the DVD (The Snowman) it seems to be advocating vigilantism as the solution. Our system may be bad and need fixing, but this is not the way to go. It is hard to tell if the film itself is pro vigilantes, as it was left in the air ready for the sequel. However, I won't be watching it.

cshuck-55731 I have never gone through the effort of writing review and this is my first. However i am very passionate about films and Vendetta (2013) is generally an awful film! the quality of acting throughout is appalling. I usually quite like Danny Dyer and think he is actually very funny in his appearances on TV shows but there were many points in this film when the cheesiness and over the top dramatic scenes and the inability to act them led me to re-evaluate the possibility that the film was actually intended as a spoof comedy. many of the smaller parts were awfully portrayed. For example the part of Jimmy's friend that gets him a gun. His inability to make me believe anything he was trying to act was laughable. equally the special effects were truly dismal. the scene where jimmy breaks into the flat building and gets into a firefight with the drug dealers was unlike anything i have ever seen before; the gun shots were so cartoon like and didn't even slightly relate to the action on screen, again the acting was over the top and poor and the effects of the rounds hitting people and the room were so unrealistic i literally laughed and re-winded it and showed someone else. Although it is awful, this film is so awful that i couldn't stop watching it. Although i have arguably ripped this film apart, it is watchable and enjoyable for its comical value. However if you are intending to watch this film as an good quality action movie or anything other than a spoof then i would suggest watching something else instead.

tr91 Vendetta - Jimmy (Danny Dyer) becomes a vigilante as he hunts down the bad guys who killed his parents. Sounds predictable but its actually a very solid film, probably Dyer's best film in the last 5- 10 years. It's a gritty, violent, gruesome revenge thriller. The plot is simple, a gang targets Jimmy's parents after the dad tries to stop them from committing their previous attack. He tries to stick up for an innocent victim and accidentally kills one of the gang members. The gang then kill Jimmy's parents and Jimmy returns home looking for revenge. He tracks down each gang member one by one and tortures them in different ways, every single torture scene in this film is absolutely brutal and very hard to watch. We see nails in people's eyes, people being burnt and ripped in half, as well as a bloody shootout. It really was one of the most brutal revenge thrillers I have seen but the brutal the better in this case because the gang members deserved what they got. Of course it is a bit over the top in places but I give the film praise for going that extra mile. If you like British films I think you will love this, it's the best British thriller I've seen for a few years. Don't be put off by the low IMDb rating, I give it an 8.5/10 and I'm very much looking forward to the sequel.

james-gloprem1 Any great movie begins with a good story. Vendetta has that. Next, it has to be believable. V gets a high score for that as well and I'm difficult to please. This movie embarrasses the anything goes culture of present day Britain and the gross ineffectiveness of modern-day policing to deal with violent crime. This story shows the vulnerability of ordinary people who are neither warned, trained or equipped to deal with violent confrontation. For those, like our anti-hero in this film, who are willing to deal with the bad guys on their level, the law labels him as a vigilante and puts more resources into apprehending him than are dedicated to dealing with the real criminals. The critics who pan a movie like this cannot see past the chocolate box image of their own comfortable lives and can't stomach any story that gets so uncomfortably close to what real life is like for the other 80%. There's some great dialogue in this movie that reflects much of the frustration with modern politics and laws that anger most decent law-abiding citizens. This is a hidden gem. If you haven't seen it yet, you're in for a treat.