The best revenge scenes in film

December 4, 2007 by Tim
Filed under: Interesting 

Revenge is a dish best served cold, and Michael Corleone was the chef. In this scene, he tells his brother-in-law Carlo he won’t kill him as revenge for setting up Sonny because he doesn’t want to make his sister a widow, then sends him to the car where he gets garroted.

Barzini is dead. So is Phillip Tattallgia. Moe Green. Slacci. Cuneo. Today I settled all family business so don’t tell me that you’re innocent.- Michael Corleone, The Godfather, 1972

Ice, ice cold.

My other favorite revenge scenes:

  • Revenge of the Nerds: I love me some pie.
  • The Green Mile: Percy Wetmore, the scurvy little guard that killed Mr. Jingles, gets put into a strait-jacket and is passed the sickness the warden’s wife had via John Coffey, and winds up in a mental hospital.
  • Oz: Ok, it’s not a movie, but when Beecher defacates on Schillinger, that’s pretty good. Or not. I mean, considering he was repeatedly sodomized by Schillinger, perhaps this revenge is a bit lame.
  • The climax of every Chuck Norris Movie.

I love movies that end in revenge, with the bad guys getting what’s coming to them. Or, in the case of The Godfather, the badder guy, since none of them can be considered good. There’s something eminently satisfying about seeing the dirty cops being welcomed to prison or the Bond villain being eaten by a shark.

The new Sweeney Todd movie is supposed to be all about revenge. He is wrongfully imprisoned, and while he is away terrible things happen to his wife and daughter. So, of course, the answer is to kill those responsible and bake them into meat pies.

Yeah, this movie sounds like it matches my taste. Urp.

Go visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site to see an incredibly stylish promotion of the movie, or visit Sweeney Todd on MySpace.

What are your favorite revenge scenes?

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2 Comments on The best revenge scenes in film

  1. Cheryl on Tue, 11th Dec 2007 5:03 pm

    2. Al Pacino as Micheal Corleone in Godfather’s 1&2 is on my list. LOVE HIM.

  2. Tim on Tue, 11th Dec 2007 9:05 pm

    3. So, you like the bad boy… hmmm….

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