In 1978 Day Of The Woman (Re-Titled as I Spit On Your Grave) was released and shocked the world with it's depictions of violent gang rape and subsequent harsh revenge. Banned all over and all but lost to the video nasties archive before the digital age.
Come 2010 and they re-made it. The shock element had long gone to more violent and unwatchable modern classics and it was generally considered a bit pointless.
However this didn't stop a part 2 and now a part 3.
Part 3 continues from the 2010, 1st version - Jennifer our heroine is still haunted by her experience and attending group therapy for rape victims. Into the mix comes an off the handle rock chick who convinces her to take Boondock Saints style revenge of sex pests all over city. When said rock chick seemingly gets offed by her ex-boyfriend, Jennifer exacts her dead friends wishes - putting herself on the most wanted list and hunted by the police in the process.
Honestly there isn't much to this movie. We can surmise that there might have been intentions to make an underlying point about victims of abuse and girl power but it didn't shine through.
However, we do get some fantastic cringe-worthy gore including bite-and-knife fellatio and a steel pipe up the jacksy. Sadly that's about the only thing that makes it worth sitting through.
Not a waste of time but not a good chapter in a great legacy.
4/10 Masks
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