Änkan Ruth är gravid i sjunde månaden när hon blir övertalad av sitt ofödda barn att mörda vilt främmande människor. Barnet talar med Ruth från livmodern, och håller samhället ansvarigt för avsaknaden av en far.
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- Patrick Wai11 maj 2026Alice Lowe deserves credit for trying to write, direct, and star in her own very pregnant slasher fever dream, but for me Prevenge is a classic case of ambition swallowing entertainment whole. The setup is strong enough on paper, and that first kill really does jolt the movie awake, but after that it turns into a slow, self-satisfied crawl where the body count keeps rising while my interest flatlined. Lowe’s film was widely praised by critics for its audacity and dark-comic premise, with Rotten Tomatoes listing it at 95% and reviewers like The Guardian calling it a strong directorial debut, but I landed much closer to the minority view from RogerEbert.com, which called it a great gonzo idea looking for better execution. At a certain point I stopped caring about the plot, because the plot seemed to stop caring about itself, and I was basically fast-forwarding just to get to the kills, which were not even good enough to justify the homework. The whole thing feels like a slasher that mistakes sluggishness for mood and eccentricity for substance. Bold, sure. Effective? Not for me. By the end it felt less like a revenge movie and more like being trapped in a very smug prenatal class with a knife.
- adecaria5 september 2025When my wife was pregnant, she'd say things like, "I just want to rip your face off, I can't explain it." What if when a pregnant woman says that or maybe, "Oh my God if you don't stop I'm gonna murder you!"... she actually means it? This slow-moving, premeditated movie answers those questions with an easy to follow script that cycles a few times: listen to unborn baby's commands, rage, stab, slice, remorse, repeat.
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Prevenge was released on 10 februari 2017.
Prevenge was directed by Alice Lowe.
Prevenge has a runtime of 89m.
Prevenge was produced by Vaughan Sivell, Will Kane, Jennifer Handorf.
Änkan Ruth är gravid i sjunde månaden när hon blir övertalad av sitt ofödda barn att mörda vilt främmande människor. Barnet talar med Ruth från livmodern, och håller samhället ansvarigt för avsaknaden av en far.
The key characters in Prevenge are Ruth (Alice Lowe), Midwife (Jo Hartley), Tom (Kayvan Novak).
Prevenge is rated 15.
Prevenge is a Komedi, Drama, Fantasy film.
Prevenge has an audience rating of 5.3 out of 10.
Prevenge had a budget of 104 tn US$.
Prevenge has made 104 tn US$ at the box office.