We need to talk about Do Revenge, or in the Brazilian translation: Justiceiras. Netflix’s newest movie is directed and written by Jennifer Kaytlin Robinson and Celleste Ballard. The acidic teen comedy has references to Cruel Intentions and Wild Girls, both from the late 90’s with the main plot involving rich people, power games and high stakes. Although the script was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train.
Do Revenge differentiates itself by incorporating updated characters full of representation into its narrative, a language not only of speech, but of the script in its macro aspect.
The film introduces us to Drea (Camila Mendes) who is at the height of high school as the Alpha it-girl. Her popularity declines when a sex tape is leaked to the entire school by her boyfriend and campus king Max (Austin Abrams). Eleanor (Maya Hawke), a mysterious new transfer student, discovers that she will be attending the school of her old bully, Carissa (Ava Capri), who started a nasty rumor at summer camp when they were 13 years old. After a clandestine meeting at the tennis camp, Drea and Eleanor form an unlikely, secret friendship to exact revenge on everyone who has wronged her.
Sarah Michelle Gellar joins the cast representing the adult voice of an entire teenage generation. It is worth remembering that the film has great references to the 90’s and who else could represent the 90’s if not our eternal Kathryn / Buffy?
Together with the cast, lines, tones, we have the most striking feature of the film: the SOUNDTRACK. With the great music supervisor, Rob Lowry, who introduces us to a nostalgic track mixing the best of the 90’s and generation Z. With songs ranging from Meridith Brooks to Olivia Rodrigo and even the same payoff song from Cruel Intentions. Would Max be the new Sebastian Vallmont with an improved ending where there is no death but an opportunity for improvement and recognition of his mistakes?
You can find Do Revenge on Netflix.
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