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Irreversible
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: BELLUCCI,MONICA
EAN: 9781589713413
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1589713419
Item Dimensions: 15
Label: Lions Gate
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
MPN: 658149815926
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 05, 2003
Running Time: 97 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Editorial Review:
Irreversible begins with the closing credits running backwards before the film begins (or ends) with Marcus (Vincent Cassell) and Pierre (Albert Dupontel) being escorted out of a gay S&M club by the cops, Marcus with his arm broken and Pierre in handcuffs. The "story" proceeds to unwind in a series of single-take scenes that unfold Memento-style, with each scene giving more context to what we have seen previously. Each scenario depicts actions, dialogue, incident, behavior, and circumstances that the lead characters might have wished didn't happen, ranging from extreme violence through awkward social situations to mild embarrassment. The central character (and possible dreamer of this whole what-if story) emerges as Alex (Monica Bellucci), who suffers the worst in a very hard-to-watch rape sequence in an underpass. Semi-improvised, the scenes all have attack and power as themes, with later/earlier conversational sequences that suggest life isn't all sexual assaults in the dark, showing equal cinematic imagination with the horrors. Arguably, this is not a film most would subject themselves to twice, but it is something that stays in the mind for days after viewing, sparking far more ideas and emotions than most wallow-in-nastiness pictures. --Kim Newman
When Alex is brutally raped, her friend and her friend's husband take revenge.
Genre: Foreign Film - Other
Rating: UN
Release Date: 5-AUG-2003
Media Type: DVD
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Heartbreaking and unforgettable!
I'm still not sure what this movie did to me, or how I feel about it. All I know is that 1 minute after it had finished, I said, "this was one crazy intense flick". 10 minutes after it had finished, I was still sitting in front of my TV, just staring at the blank screen. 20 minutes after it had finished, I was crying. The movie is not easy to watch, not only because of the subject matter. The first 15 minutes or so might even make you feel tempted to turn it off because of the nauseating camera work ... Read More
Rating: - THIS MOVIE WILL CHANGE YOU!!!
Whoa...........
And I mean whoa..............
(I'm gonna keep this short & sweet)
Everything about this flick will make you sick,
the unsteady floating camera,
the backwards story,
the MOTHER of all death scenes,
the brutal, unflinching rape scene (and the guy who runs away after witnessing it),
the empty feeling of uselessness you get after watching it,
the terrible, terrible irony of it all.
There is an unshakable feeling that stays ... Read More
Rating:  - a French Promise ?
Written, directed, edited, and photographed by the Argentinian-born French Gaspar Noe and released in 2002. Irreversible starts from where Noe's previous work (Seul Contre Tous) left us, and with the same character: the butcher; only to diverge shortly after into a separate entity.
"Irreversible" is not by any mean a linear continuum to "Seul Contre Tous" but the initial (and only) sequence featuring the previous protagonist would emphasize the fact that Irreversible will deal with a similar territoire: ... Read More
Rating: - Intense.
The intensity of this film is so ravenous that I don't think I'll be watching this again anytime soon. Gaspar Noe who has given us "Un contre tous" has raised his shock level once again.
It is hard to shake me up in front of a movie or TV screen, but Irreversible did it. Five rock solid stars for an unforgettable atmosphere, nauseating camera moves, a non linear film structure, meticulous direction and the usual rock solid performance by Vincent Kassel.
Rating: - A masterpiece that "scars" your soul
Judging by the great amount of reviews, it is obvious for me that, either loving it or hating it, this film does indeed "scar" (as David Fincher would put it) the viewer. The fact that some people couldn't stand the agitated camera work or the extreme violence, doesn't mean it is a bad film; such clasification is rather superficial, for the true value of a cinematic experience doesn't rely on the lack (or for that matter, the amount) of violence. There are notable examples of great films, both with or without any ... Read More
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