Julia (2014)
If Nicolas Winding Refn had made a rape / revenge film then Julia might well be that film.
Low budget but very stylish, the scenes of rape are very harrowing but the retribution less so, aside from a penis being sliced off in close up that is.
However i do think that in this case the visuals offer more than a well trodden story line, for a low budget film it's superbly shot and boasts an excellent soundtrack too. Credit too for Ashley C. Williams who gives a fine performance as the title character. Where the film differs slightly from the norm is the fact that Julia gets help in her revenge from a sinister group, in fact so sinister they may even be of Occult origin, it certainly seemed that way.
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