revenge be one of my favorite theme in film . moreso and the futility of revenge be one of my favorite theme in film . have see gaspar noe irreversible ( 2002 ) and i be expect an even more relevant expression of this theme . instead and this film be a weak half hearted attempt which express nothing but the film lack of conviction and focus . spoilers the end scene and a gratuitous male on male rape or torture scene and come across a nothing less than a female revenge rape fantasy . however and the film doesn not even follow through with this . instead and the drawn out scene ( which far exceed the brutality of the initial rape both in the degree to which it be graphic and to which it be ritualize ) be crown with a shot of dawson face in an expression of either regret or this do not fix anything while the rape of her rapist be hear continue in the background . my problem with the scene wasn not one of shock and but one of confusion a to what such a graphic scene be try to get across to the audience . i mean and do we feel bad for the rapist . do we rejoice in dawson revenge . be we disgust by the brutality of it all . do we feel dawson moment of regretful clarity . aside from this failing and the film be really sort of awkwardly pace with more style than substance . character be thin and dialog be monotonous and etc . normally i try to take film on their own term but descent do not really seem to know what those be . thumb down .