Revenge Fantasies

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It's a standard movie plot: A vulnerable hero is wronged or hurt by some sinister person or force. He or she gains strength from their anger at the injustice and sets out to get revenge. In the end, the villain is vanquished, justice is done and the credits roll.

Revenge fantasies are so common in the movie industry that they have become a genre of their own.

+ Liam Neeson is always looking to use his particular "set of skills" to avenge the kidnapping of a family member in the Taken movies.

+ Jason Bourne returned in 2016 after a nine-year absence to take his wrath out on the people who ruined his life.

+ Who can forget Carrie (1976), based on the eponymous Stephen King novel, in which a bullied high school girl gets her revenge?


Revenge is the plot of nearly every Quentin Tarantino movie, and it's no coincidence that one of the most popular film franchises has to do with The Avengers.

We love the idea of retributive justice. It appeals to our sense of fairness and the idea that...