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  • Actors: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Jo Prestia, Philippe Nahon
  • Directors: Gaspar Noé
  • Writers: Gaspar Noé
  • Producers: Vincent Cassel, Gaspar Noé, Brahim Chioua, Christophe Rossignon, Emmanuel Gateau
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English, French, Italian, Spanish
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Tartan Video
  • DVD Release Date: 26 May 2003
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00008YNI2
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,323 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Irreversible begins with the closing credits running backwards before the film begins (or ends) with Marcus (Vincent Cassell) and Pierre (Albert Dupontel) being escorted out of a gay s/m club by the cops, Marcus with his arm broken and Pierre in handcuffs. The "story" proceeds to unwind in a series of single-take scenes that unfold Memento-style, with each scene giving more context to what we have seen previously.

Each scenario depicts actions, dialogue, incident, behaviour and circumstance that the lead characters might have wished didn't happen, ranging from extreme violence through awkward social situations to mild embarrassment. The central character (and possible dreamer of this whole what-if story) emerges as Alex (Monica Bellucci), who suffers the worst in a very hard-to-watch rape sequence in an underpass. Semi-improvised, the scenes all have attack and power as themes, with later/earlier conversational sequences that suggest life isn't all sexual assaults in the dark, showing equal cinematic imagination with the horrors. Arguably, this is not a film most would subject themselves to twice, but it is something that stays in the mind for days after viewing, sparking far more ideas and emotions than most wallow-in-nastiness pictures. --Kim Newman

Special Features
Wide Screen
DVD 5
French
Region 0
Dolby Digital French
Dolby Digital
Star And Director Filmographies
Scene Selection
Film Notes
Original Trailers
Special Effects Featurette
Making Of Documentary
Alternate Scenes
World Cinema Trailer Reel
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars profoundly disturbing, 18 Mar 2008
This review is from: Irreversible (DVD) (Collector's Edition) (Subtitled) [2003] (DVD)
It just doesn't stop. The rape scene in Gaspar Noe's reverse-chronological-order film is so hard to watch because the camera never grants us the mercy of cutting away. There is no solace, no reprieve; instead, we're forced to watch as Monica Belluci is brutally raped in one seemingly unending, steady take.

To this day I can't think about Irreversible without cringing, and I saw it 6 years ago. That speaks volumes to how profoundly disturbing it is. That said, I can't possibly give this film a negative rating, as it accomplished its goal with a brutality that's not soon forgotten.
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22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Controversial, if sometimes dull, 4 April 2003
This review is from: Irreversible [VHS] [2003] (VHS Tape)
IN a way, Irreversible is a straightforward tale of rape and revenge. However it's not quite that simple, as due to two highly controversial and provocative scenes, Gaspar Noe's film has become notorious.
Whether it deserves notoriety is debatable. One thing that is for certain, however, is that it will divide opinion and disgust and titillate in equal measure.
Using an interestingly different narrative structure (a la Memento) it starts at the beginning and rewinds to the end, outlining the relationship between Alex (Bellucci), her boyfriend Marcus (Cassel) and her former lover Pierre (Dupontel).
Its two pivotal moments come when Alex is barbarously raped and Pierre savagely kills a man who he believes is the rapist, after hunting him down with Marcus, who is consumed with bloody revenge upon learning of the attack.
Without these two scenes, Irreversible is a somewhat unremarkable affair, in fact, it's even dull. Pierre, who wants Alex back, lusts over her and predictably disapproves of her courtship with Marcus, who, as we view when the trio are at a party, has a penchant for drug taking and has a blase attitude towards his girlfriend.
Alex's rape dramatically alters everything and in a particulary repugnant and tortuously long scene, she is sodomised in the most brutal fashion and then battered to a pulp in an unprovoked and sickening attack. Marcus and Pierre go after the perpetrator and upon finding the man who they believe is responsible, Pierre, who ironically tries to calm Marcus, attacks him with frightening venom, bashing him repeatedly with a fire extinguisher until his face turns to mush and his body lays lifeless.
Now whether this double whammy of graphic sex and violence is sheer aimless depravity and misogynstic wickedness for no reason or a depiction of unflinchingly raw realism is indeterminate. There can be no arguing that the sequences don't have some kind of impact however. Anybody who has seen and survived intact from watching Pasolini's famous Salo or the Last 120 days of Sodom, Zeir Marchi's I Spit On Your Grave or Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left should be relatively unaffected by what happens on screen, others however may be unprepared and choose to abstain from watching.
Whatever your viewpoint, Irreversible, though stylistically messy and purposefully disorientating, does have merit and is unmissable, if only for its ability to shock and repel.
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37 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's not pretty, but it's superb, 28 May 2003
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When you compare this to the fuss kicked up by the BBFC for a full 31 years over Last House On the Left, it seems like a minor miracle that it was passed uncut for both the cinema and home viewing. Whilst by no means as over the top as it has been portrayed as being (the people storming out at the Cannes festival last year must have been especially sensitive), this film is obviously not for everyone. As is quite widely known, it contains a scene involving repeated interactions between a man’s head and a fire extinguisher, and also a rape scene probably only beaten in terms of explicitness by that in I Spit On Your Grave.
However, you should not be deterred by the film’s brutal reputation, as this film is one fantastic piece of cinema. Featuring superb performances from the three main protagonists Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel and Monica Bellucci (now best know as Persephone from The Matrix Reloaded, as different a film from this as is possible to get!) and dizzying camera work from Argentine director Gaspar Noé that makes NYPD Blue look like a stage play, you will certainly not forget this film in a hurry after seeing it. As long as you can understand French or don’t mind reading subtitles, and aren’t too easily shocked (the film’s reputation is perhaps a little harsh, but it still more than deserves it’s 18 certificate), this is a stylish, intelligent film that I’d heartily recommend.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing but great!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible Film!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Ok but not great
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5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT, DISTURBING AND SHOCKING
IRREVERSIBLE is yet another shocking and brilliant film by French film maker Gaspar Noé who brought us the excellent I STAND ALONE. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars In reply to 'Pointless'?!?
By playing in reverse, you have a very shallow reservoir of emotion to attach to any character in the film. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Who gets killed?
The fire extinguisher in the face scene is the most violent scene I have seen in some time. However, watching the film for a second time I noticed that after the victim's skull is... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Pointless
This is as black and empty a movie as one is likely to see. I really would not recommend it even if you are a fan of MB or VC. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars an end has a start
for a film that i almost walked out of i'm surprised to be giving it 5 stars. but there is a reason. because its superb. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Scooterboy

5.0 out of 5 stars What the hell have I done to deserve this???
Some films are 18+ but there's actually nothing in them to get that 18+ thing... Well... This film definetely deserves to be 18+, and when I say this you really can believe it... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Vital
Always one to bring up fierce debate and intense discussion, and not just among students, Irreversible, starts off at the end. Read more
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