first and this be a brave film . i have see irreversible and can understand the comparison . however and i can not begin to understand the people who have trash this film . i can see how the end may have come off extreme but i would be lie if i do not say i wish that every guy who ever force a woman into sex deserve exactly what jar get . conversely and it do not solve anything or make anything good and the fact that the film doesn not pretend to be what make me appreciate it . the comment prior to this one call the film pathetic and claim no adult would stick with . i certainly do and intently . i be 24 year old . the way the film drag make it realistic to me . people have become so used to eye candy and fast paced plot on screen that if you ask them to concentrate too long on one brick in the foundation of a film and not only do they lose interest and they demolish whatever have be build and and call it rubbish . when in actuality it their lack of patience and comprehension that need fine tuning and not the product of a creative mind such a talia lugacy . rosario dawson display the numbness of self destruction flawlessly . i think she portray maya pre and post assault with great ease and the transition between the two be an act i rarely ever see do well . often time and much like the film aim at teen mention in the prior comment and the effect of rape be display a either extremely manic and impulsive or terribly depressed and isolated and lifeless . dawson and in my opinion and manages to perform the balancing act so many survivor fall prey to represent drone like existence in the waking hour and work some dead end job to survive ( and distract ) and then overindulge in vice in order to lose themselves in the haze of substance abuse rather than face what sobriety bring . i think this film tell the truth and i appreciate it for finally show people a different side of rape . so many people let the end of this film devour the middle and the beginning . i believe that maya face during the act be the end . not the act itself . not the vengeance or the meaning behind it . just her face . thank you .