Revenge has always been a popular subject for directors and cinemagoers. Even so, it is not for everyone. This subgenre usually can get very gory, violent, and terrifying. The story would revolve around a protagonist who hunts down the villain and most of the time, ended up killing them all. That would be the time where bloody scenes appear on the screen.
The revenge subgenre and Netflix go hand in hand. Netflix has a massive library of thousands of movies to choose from but navigating the catalog could be a long process, especially when you are only judging a whole movie from its title and short preview. Worry not as today, we got you covered.
Here is a list of 5 best revenge movies you can watch through the top streaming platform:
1) The Foreigner
Starring the legend, Jackie Chan, you can already guess how good this movie is. It tells the story of Quan, a humble businessman from London whose long-buried past arise after his teenage daughter dies in a tragic politically-motivated terrorism. The grief drives him to relentlessly search to find the people responsible for his daughter’s death. Soon enough, he found out that his own past may hold the clues to the identities of the killers.
2) Peppermint
A happy family and her daughter’s promising future were robbed after the mishap that happened to them. Riley North then awakens from a coma to learn that she was the only one who survived a brutal attack that killed both her husband and daughter. When the system shields the murderer, Riley was determined to serves justice herself. She spent five years transferring herself from a normal citizen to an urban guerrilla.
Funneling frustration and grief into motivation, the young widow eludes the underworld, the police and the FBI to embarks on a deadly quest. All of that to deliver her own idea of punishment or, justice.
3) Faster
4) Death Wish
5) Cold Pursuit
Nels Coxman is a snowplow driver, living a quiet and peaceful life. But that all changed after his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. Sensing that there must be something going on, his search for the truth turned to a quest for revenge against a psychotic drug lord named Viking. From an upstanding citizen to a cold-blooded vigilante, Coxman carried out his mission that includes kidnapping, a series of misunderstandings, and a turf war between Viking and his rival.
