Bad reputation
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Bad reputation |
| Original title | Bad reputation |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Jim Hemphill |
| script | Jim Hemphill |
| production | Christopher Landers T. W. Porrill |
| music |
Eric Choronzy John LeBec |
| camera | Forrest Allison |
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Bad Reputation is an American low-budget film with slasher elements from director Jim Hemphill from 2005. The work is Hemphill's directorial debut and is about a young woman who is the victim of brutal abuse, who later encounters incomprehension and ultimately resort to vigilante justice.
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Michelle lives in a run-down suburb with her mother, who struggles to make a living. The shy student has few friends and suffers from social isolation . She escapes the rough reality in which she buries herself in books. Secretly, the outsider longs to stop being punished with disregard. One day some hope grows in her bleak existence when Aaron, a polite and handsome character, invites her to a party. Michelle sees her chance to find general acceptance.
Against the advice of her mother, who urgently warns the student against the male world, Michelle is drawn to the celebrations. With a black, body-hugging evening dress, she immediately aroused the interest of the male party guests at the party. Aaron instantly succumbs to Michelle's appearance, although he is loosely related to the jealous Debbie. At least now Aaron's dodgy character becomes apparent. The cheerful host ensnares the unsettled Michelle, who is initially not aware of her impact. Aaron later fills up his beloved, mixes her roofies into a cocktail and then leads her to a room to have sex. Michelle is reluctant - with fatal consequences. In a downward spiral , the sexually aroused Aaron raped her in the presence of two friends, who then also assaulted her. A little later the men let go of the petite woman. Shortly afterwards, the friends of the three culprits discovered that they also mistreated and harassed her until she lost consciousness.
The next day, ringleader Debbie Michelle accuses her of instigating the rape herself. She is portrayed negatively as a " slut "; the reputation is ruined. Michelle's already arduous life becomes an ordeal. Misunderstood by the environment, at some point she comes up with the idea to live up to her image. She puts on more provocative clothes, ensnares her male tormentors and starts a bloody campaign of revenge. One after the other, she decimates the culprits. After five murders , some of them extremely brutal , Michelle meets Wendy at the end of the film, who once half-heartedly wanted to prevent her torture. An armed conflict ensues in the course of which Wendy Michelle is fatally injured with a knife.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a “serious argument in terms of discrimination and contempt for women” .
Web links
- Bad Reputation in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions German version - R-Rated by Bad Reputation at Schnittberichte.com