I Spit On Your Grave (2010)

I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE  (2010)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Steven R. Monroe
    Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Andrew Howard,
    Daniel Franzese, Chad Lindberg, Tracey Walter
Whether the movie-watching world wanted or needed a remake of "I Spit On Your Grave" is questionable, but here one is anyway. Once again, a young woman (Sarah Butler) goes to an isolated cabin in the woods to write a book, and spends the first half of the movie being assaulted and gang-raped by a bunch of psycho rednecks. The second half of the movie she spends getting even. There are a couple of new twists in this version: an additional member of the gang, whose presence and position in the community make what happens to the woman even more horrifying, and an ambiguity about the second half that leaves it unclear whether the woman exacting the payback is a survivor or the angel of death. Either way, the guys all get what's coming to them, each in a way that reflects his particular role in the assault. As a measure of how exploitation movies have evolved since 1978, the nudity in the remake is more discreet, while the violence is more extreme. Some will find it reprehensible. Some won't. Chances are, you already know which side you come down on. Proceed accordingly.