Revengers Tragedy

2002
1h 49m

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In a post-apocalyptic Liverpool, a man returns seeking revenge for his wife's murder - and everyone speaks perfect Jacobean English.In a post-apocalyptic Liverpool, a man returns seeking revenge for his wife's murder - and everyone speaks perfect Jacobean English.In a post-apocalyptic Liverpool, a man returns seeking revenge for his wife's murder - and everyone speaks perfect Jacobean English.

Director
- Alex Cox
Writers
- Frank Cottrell Boyce
- Thomas Middleton
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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YOUR RATING

Director
- Alex Cox
Writers
- Frank Cottrell Boyce
- Thomas Middleton
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

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Trivia
The final sequence depicting the bombing of Nagasaki was originally intended to show the planes hitting the World Trade Center, relating the plot of futile revenge to the current "War on Terror".

Goofs
The Duke blinks right before Vindici tells him he has taken a pill to prevent blinking.

Quotes
[after discovering that their scheme to kill their older brother has gone wrong]
Supervacuo: Plagues!
Ambitioso: Confusions!
Supervacuo: Darkness!
Ambitioso: Devils!
Supervacuo: Our younger brother.
Ambitioso: There's no advantage in the killing of a YOUNGER brother!

Connections
Referenced in Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)

User reviews21

Review

Featured review

6/10

A real cinematic treat

A real cinematic treat, this film takes a play published in 1607 and transposes it to a strange modern(ish) world. Cox's direction is brilliantly inventive, giving the film a fast-paced anarchic feel that never becomes just a showy veneer. The stylised langauge and the modern visuals work very well. Christopher Eccleston as the "revenger" is superb, as is Derek Jacobi (as you've never seen him before!). Highly recommended.