A fantastic
film noir by Austrian director Gotz Spielmann,
Revanche opens with a plot reminiscent of
Fargo (1996) and
A Simple Plan (1998): a brothel tough guy, Alex (played by Johannes Krisch), robs a bank in order to clear the debts his Ukrainian girlfriend, Tamara (played by Irina Potapenko), owes her pimp. His simple, "infallible" plan goes wrong when a local village policeman, Robert (played by Andreas Lust), stumbles upon the getaway car.
Though the film sprinkles several motifs from the other two movies--in particular, the scenes of Alex cutting and splitting firewood invoked the woodchipper in Fargo--it veers away from them with multiple ironic redemptions. To list them here would reveal too much.
In addition to the tightly plotted narrative, the film features great montage work and editing. It merits a second viewing.
Highly recommended.
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