Most satisfying revenge kills in films?

MakeEmLaugh

What are the most satisfying revenge kills in movies?

Mine would have to be The Princess Bride.

Inigo Montoya killing the Six Fingered Man who murdered his father.

What are yours (and please be wary of spoilers)?

Nervous Wreck

John Wick - the entire movie.

Whitewinged

When the father kills Mogwai on the mountain after he killed his son in the The Last of the Mohicans.

Pulp fiction, cant remember if you see Marcellis actually kill Zed but you know he is going to get what he deserves.

Not sure if the two men in Casino being burried alive was a revenge kill? Havent seen it in so long. The actual killing really gave me chills.

razorblunt

I first watched Braveheart when I was 10/11 and the revenge on the Lord who killed Wallace's wife was all kinds of epic.

Always felt let down by the second revenge killing for some reason.

brevity

The movie Sleepers jumps out at me...

Kevin Bacon's character getting shot in knees-he ****ing had it coming as well

Frynge

No a film but the priest in ray donovan.

SuprSi

Maximus sliding the knife into Caesar's throat at the end of Gladiator - I don't think I've wanted a villain to meet his maker so much as in that movie!

Also agree with that scene in Last of the Mohicans. Another one for me is in Apocalypto when Jaguar Paw gets his revenge on the guy who called him 'almost'.

Teflon Ron

Really enjoyed Chris Penn's delivery in True Romance...

..."I'll call ya a hearse. This is for Cody."

shazzerman

William Munny reverts to type at the end of Unforgiven.
Montgomery Clift getting even with Ernest Borgnine in From Here to Eternity.
"Prove it." Shane and Jack Wilson at the end of Shane.

MakeEmLaugh

razorblunt wrote: »

I first watched Braveheart when I was 10/11 and the revenge on the Lord who killed Wallace's wife was all kinds of epic.

Always felt let down by the second revenge killing for some reason.

Second revenge killing?

TherapyBoy

Whitewinged wrote: »

When the father kills Mogwai Magua on the mountain after he killed his son in the The Last of the Mohicans.

Last of the Mohicans/Jungle Book mash-up, I want to see this film! :pac:

That whole last sequence in The Last of the Mohicans is genius, and it has to be one of the greatest film revenge kills ever. Great choice!

MakeEmLaugh

Whitewinged wrote: »

When the father kills Mogwai on the mountain after he killed his son in the The Last of the Mohicans.

TherapyBoy wrote: »

Last of the Mohicans/Jungle Book mash-up, I want to see this film! :pac:

Or even a Gremlins/Last of the Mohicans mash-up!

rednik

McCauley taking a detour to take care of Waingro in Heat.

TherapyBoy

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

Or even a Gremlins/Last of the Mohicans mash-up!

As long as someone is singing 'The Bare Necessities' I'm happy..

StringerBell

rednik wrote: »

McCauley taking a detour to take care of Waingro in Heat.

You beat me to this one by 3 minutes

That scene, perfect revenge kill. That is how you do it, makes him look straight into his eyes before delivering the final shot.

Baz19

The departed, walburg taking out sullivan (matt damon) at the end. What a horrible character- well acted by damon in fairness.

flazio

Bill.

Billy86

Dead Mans Shoes deserves a mention I reckon!

Frankie5Angels

Probably a million I'll think of after this. Not a film, but....

Omar Little and Brother Mouzone plugging Stringer Bell at the end of season 3 of the Wire.

Whitewinged

One im thinking of with a bit of a twist that makes you go "ah ****" is "Fallen" with Denzel Washington.

You get the "yay" moment at the end when you think his plan has worked by killing himself and that he is outsmarting the demon but it doesnt quite work out how he planned.

MadDog76

MadDog76

The_Valeyard

I have a soft spot for all the revenge kills in the film 'death wish'

MadDog76

Kill Bill .............. the whole movie.

SimonTemplar

This is not necessarily a revenge killing for a single act, but rather for the sense of uneasiness and general nastiness this character created in an already tense situation

Toby Jones shooting Marcia Gay Harden's character in The Mist. She was spouting so much vitriolic BS her death was extremely satisfying.

I saw the film three times in the cinema over a few weeks, and each time her death caused a spontaneous round of applause from the cinema, which I thought was pretty rare.

MakeEmLaugh

Whitewinged wrote: »

One im thinking of with a bit of a twist that makes you go "ah ****" is "Fallen" with Denzel Washington.

You get the "yay" moment at the end when you think his plan has worked by killing himself and that he is outsmarting the demon but it doesnt quite work out how he planned.

I know the film is 17 years old but... Spoilers! Please!

MadDog76

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

I know the film is 17 years old but... Spoilers! Please!

It would be difficult (maybe impossible) to post about a significant scene in a movie ie. a revenge killing without spoiling the movie for anybody who hasn't seen it already ......... if posters were to avoid "spoiling" a movie when posting on this thread then the thread would quickly become redundant.

It would be like starting a thread called "Favourite Ending To A Movie" then asking posters not to give away the ending!?!!?!

riffmongous

MadDog76 wrote: »

It would be difficult (maybe impossible) to post about a significant scene in a movie ie. a revenge killing without spoiling the movie for anybody who hasn't seen it already ......... if posters were to avoid "spoiling" a movie when posting on this thread then the thread would quickly become redundant.

It would be like starting a thread called "Favourite Ending To A Movie" then asking posters not to give away the ending!?!!?!

spoiler tags, everyone is happy

Mad Max

revenge on Johnny at the end

MadDog76

riffmongous wrote: »

spoiler tags, everyone is happy

Mad Max

revenge on Johnny at the end

You missed my point ......... with this thread every post would have to be wrapped in "spoiler tags" which would make the thread redundant.

Surely a better approach with this particular thread would be a "spoiler warning" in the Op?

physioman

Leon. One of the greatest films ever

Whitewinged

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

I know the film is 17 years old but... Spoilers! Please!

I genuinely just thought that after a certain amount of time, that it is ok to talk about it. Sorry i didnt want to be dragging stuff up from twenty years ago if i knew it would effect you

ah no seriously, my apologies.

how do you do the spoiler thing when your on your phone?

Snake Plisken

John Doe Se7en

MadDog76

Snake Plisken wrote: »

John Doe Se7en

Excellent example of a revenge killing .......... the question is who is most satisfied by the killing?

Detective David Mills because his wife's murder is avenged ........ or John Doe as his plan worked out perfectly??

Whitewinged

Well not a film but definately a revenge killing, Cartman and Scott Tenemans parents.

"Nana nana na na i made you eat your parents"

Nody

Leon the professional at the

"This is from Matilda" scene

; honestly you could argue the whole scene arc to be included :P

MakeEmLaugh

Snake Plisken wrote: »

John Doe Se7en

Really? I found that quite dissatisfying (which I think was intentional).

As Somerset says, "If you kill him, he will win".

MadDog76

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

Really? I found that quite dissatisfying (which I think was intentional).

As Somerset says, "If you kill him, he will win".

A question I've already asked .......... thinking about it now maybe everybody is satisfied?

John Doe is certainly satisfied that his plan came to fruition .......

Detective Mills is satisfied that he did the "right" thing in killing John Doe .........

I remember when watching it the first time thinking that if I was in Detective Mills position I would have done the same thing so I was satisfied that justice had been done .........

I'd even suspect that Detective Somerset would not shed a tear at the loss of John Doe's life ..........

Snake Plisken

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

Really? I found that quite dissatisfying (which I think was intentional).

As Somerset says, "If you kill him, he will win".

Once I knew what was in the box I would have done what Mills did, so therefore I found the revenge killing most satisfying as I'm sure John Doe was satisfied that his master plan was executed to perfection!

MakeEmLaugh

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Once I knew what was in the box I would have done what Mills did, so therefore I found the revenge killing most satisfying as I'm sure John Doe was satisfied that his master plan was executed to perfection!

MadDog76 wrote: »

A question I've already asked .......... thinking about it now maybe everybody is satisfied?

John Doe is certainly satisfied that his plan came to fruition .......

Detective Mills is satisfied that he did the "right" thing in killing John Doe .........

I remember when watching it the first time thinking that if I was in Detective Mills position I would have done the same thing so I was satisfied that justice had been done .........

I'd even suspect that Detective Somerset would not shed a tear at the loss of John Doe's life ..........

I wonder, what are we to assume happens to Detective Mills after the film? Is he arrested to murdering an unarmed man who was not endangering his life in any way?

I imagine he would be. He may not serve jail time, but his career - in addition to his personal life - would almost certainly be in tatters.

john the one

Whitewinged wrote: »

One im thinking of with a bit of a twist that makes you go "ah ****" is "Fallen" with Denzel Washington.

You get the "yay" moment at the end when you think his plan has worked by killing himself and that he is outsmarting the demon but it doesnt quite work out how he planned.

Spoiler alert??

NotCominBack

Tommy Marcano and John Reilly catching up with their abuser in Sleepers

Slim killing Cheese as payback for Prop Joe in The Wire

MadDog76

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

I wonder, what are we to assume happens to Detective Mills after the film? Is he arrested to murdering an unarmed man who was not endangering his life in any way?

I imagine he would be. He may not serve jail time, but his career - in addition to his personal life - would almost certainly be in tatters.

I think upon finding that his wife, as well as his unborn child (if I remember correctly?), are dead then nothing else really matters to Detective Mills ........ there was nothing left for him to do on this earth except avenge his loved ones murder.

the dark phantom

When Scarface kills Frank Lopez.

Whitewinged

john the one wrote: »

Spoiler alert??

Mad dog and Makeemlaugh are having a full conversation about a whole scenario of a movie that i have never seen and im not complaining.

I would imagine the thread is supposed to generate conversations about the revenge scenes rather than people just listing movies.

GraphicGaming

Sleepers brilliant plan great film. Great revenge.

Slutmonkey57b

Pick any of them from Taken, though my favourite is "You don't remember me. We spoke on the phone two days ago."

The tattooed pimp in The Equalizer ("you should have taken the money").

Hartigan and the yellow bastard in sin city.

Ageyev

Martyrs (2008 French horror)

when she blasts the family with the shotgun I was wondering what the hell was going on but then you find out her motivations and it makes sense

custard gannet

brevity wrote: »

The movie Sleepers jumps out at me...

Kevin Bacon's character getting shot in knees-he ****ing had it coming as well

Not a death as such, but I love when De Niro's briefly former gangster cum priest character threatens the stepdad after he puts the kid in hospital:l

"You won't need a doctor when I'm done, you'll need a priest - to pray over your body..... See you in church."

Ipso

It wasn't a kill but when Jake found out who raped his daughter in Once Were Warriors.

Nody

Ipso wrote: »

It wasn't a kill but when Jake found out who raped his daughter in Once Were Warriors.

"Uncle Bully... Uncle ****ing Bully!!!!"

razorblunt

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

Second revenge killing?

Another Lord gets killed after invoking his Riggs to spending the wedding night with a newly married bride.