The film "Vendetta" is a must see

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

It's hard to find a better word for a movie title than 'vendetta'. This initially implies a sharp plot, revenge, restoration of justice (if the concept of blood feud can be interpreted in this way). And filmmakers exploit this line, not in the least embarrassed by the fact that similar plots and titles without any cuts are duplicated by different authors and directors. And therefore, talking about the film, you need to remember several options at once.

Vendetta is payback

The tradition of "an eye for an eye, blood for blood" exists among many nations. Even in Ancient Russia, which was taught to “turn the other cheek”, in law-making structures it was prescribed to pay blood for the murder of someone from a clan or clan. But why the designation “vendetta” has taken root in all languages is a mystery. Either the word is so sonorous and energetically filled, or the “exploits” of the Sicilian mafia that gave birth to it are impressive. We will not talk about use in literature, this is a topic forseparate comprehensive article. But cinema is another matter.

V for Vendetta

Utopia as a genre of fiction gave birth to an antagonistic genre in cinema - dystopia. It is to him that film critics attribute the film by the American director J. McTeague "V for Vendetta" based on the novel of the same name by Alan Moore. Starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving. The action takes place in the not so distant future, in 2039. The dominance of the United States over the world has fallen, the next step is Great Britain. The protagonist is a man in a Guy Fawkes mask, who calls himself "V", a former prisoner of the camp, who holds a grudge against the entire totalitarian regime. His goal is to destroy everything that represents power, including people and buildings, and start life on Earth from scratch. Are such sacrifices justified? Judging by the characters in the film, vendetta is the only way to punish a pedophile bishop, a homosexual supreme chancellor, and the list goes on: it turns out that there are only perverts and sadists left in the world! Circumstances develop in such a way that next to V there is a TV journalist Evie, who gradually becomes involved in his adventures, most often very cruel ones. Moreover, romantic feelings arise between them. The picture was released in 2006 and immediately exceeded the box office of the film distribution leaders many times over. Quotes from the film "Vendetta" scattered around the world and in many languages. One of them contains the philosophy of this whole dystopia: "Violence can be used for good." A dangerous illusion…

Film "Vendetta 2" - "The Godmother"

The second title of the film is "Bride of Violence". This is a heavy drama co-produced by Italy, Canada and the United States, directed by Ralph L. Thomas. The main character Nancy, who in the first part decided to heal her emotional wounds in a Corsican monastery, returns to America, and now she has to not only save herself again, but also save her daughter. It so happened that it was on them that the conflicts of the mafia interests of the two clans closed. If a weak woman can still be intimidated and forced to hide behind the walls of a monastery, then a mother protecting her child cannot be stopped.

Russian Vendetta

And how would Russian filmmakers stay away from such an exciting topic? True, the Russian "Vendetta" is a rather weak repetition of numerous criminal plots based on a well-known collision: criminal authorities from a certain Central Asian country - they are drug lords - oppose noble Russian detectives. In the center of the conflict, along with the Asians, is the drug dealer Konstantin Oleinik, who solves his problem by setting the “Hajistani” competitor of the grief-stricken fathers - the native and godfather - of the girl who died at the hands of the mafia. The director of the film is Oleg Turansky, the cast is quite interesting: Evgenia Loza, Nikolai Dobrynin, Anatoly Zhuravlev and others.

These are just some of the cinematic works built on the idea of the inevitability of noble (or ignoble) revenge. In fact, the list of such films is muchmore extensive. However, this did not start yesterday: the classics of the genre are described in the beloved novel The Count of Monte Cristo and in its numerous film adaptations. True, in this case, the retribution for sins seems really deserved, and the procedure of revenge itself is more refined…