![]() ![]() Regardless, the movie runs for a little bit more than 2 hours, I managed to endure through 1 hour and 2 minutes of the abysmal wreck that is "I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu", then I simply gave up. Why? Because she is stripped and devoid of all proper acting talents - I am sad to say so, but it's true. It was a nice treat to know that Camille Keaton would be returning to reprise her role from the original "I Spit On Your Grave" movie, but the allurement was short lived. So of course I jumped at the chance to watch it. I happened to stumble upon this 2019 release by sheer random luck, and I hadn't even heard about it. I do enjoy the "I Spit On Your Graves", well for the most parts at least they were enjoyable and watchable. Reviewed by paul_haakonsen 2 / 10 It was so horrible, oh so horrible. As it is now, it's an interminable, frustrating mess. This could have passed as a mediocre exploitation film if they whittled it down to about an hour and fifteen minutes, which would have considerably picked up the film's tempo and relieved a lot of the boredom. Even the few special effects are totally unconvincing, and the plot remains disappointingly tame. this should have been way over-the-top, as the original was the grandfather of revenge flicks. ISOYG-DV doesn't even come remotely close to the creativity or sleaziness of the original. How long did it take to shoot this? With the incessant monologues and additions to the plot it must have been an endless production schedule. the director continues to add more and more small, absurd plot elements to incessantly draw it out. For a b-film, the actors are believable in their performances, but they just never, ever shut up. the extraneous, redundant, astoundingly monotonous dialogue just goes on and on, until it finally grinds the pace of the film to a complete halt. Every single scene in this film is AT LEAST 2-3 times longer than it should be. Keaton - who adds nothing to the film and at times is embarrassing to watch - he was going to make this sequel the equivalent of "Gone With the Wind?" His screenplay couldn't have been less than 400 pages long. Did Meir Zarchi think that by casting Ms. I'm at a loss as to how anyone could have given thumbs up to the film the way it was written, shot and released. Clocking in at 148 minutes, this bloated, monotonous albatross was actually painful to watch. I read two external reviews of the film on IMDB before I watched it, and both lauded the film, calling it "strong stuff," and "not for those with weak stomachs." Those reviewers clearly saw a very different film than I did. When I read that the current "Deja Vu" release had cast Camille Keaton, who was the heroine in the original, I was immediately intrigued. ![]() incredibly sleazy but undeniably entertaining, gross, and yes, even shocking. I saw the original "I Spit On Your Grave" when it was released in 1978, and it was one of the 70's grindhouse classics that stayed with me. ![]()
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