Three films released this year feature women protagonists who take violent revenge against men who’ve abused them. In “The Brave One,” Jodie Foster plays Erica Bain, a radio talk show host who was the victim of a brutal gang attack in which her lover was killed and she was transformed. In “Descent,” Rosario Dawson’s character, a college student, finds healing through revenge against the college stud who raped her. In “Red Road,” Kate Dickie plays a security guard who seeks out and takes revenge against a man who up-ended her life.
Do women who seek revenge on celluloid do so in the same ways men seek revenge in movies? Are there different standards? What do you think?
Essays
- Eleanor Ringel on “The Brave One“
- Joanna Langfield on “The Brave One“
Interviews
- Jodie Foster chats about “The Brave One” with Anne Thompson.
- Jodie Foster discusses “The Brave One” with Lisa Kennedy.
- Talia Lugacy discusses “Descent” with Jennifer Merin.
Reviews
- “The Brave One,” by Lisa Kennedy
- “The Brave One,” by Carrie Rickey
- “The Brave One,” by Moira Macdonald
- “The Brave One,” by Carol Cling
- “Descent,” by Maitland McDonagh.
- “Red Road,” by Moira Macdonald.
- “Red Road,” by Marcy Dermansky.