Irreversible (2002)

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Avg Rating: 4.2 / 5. Voted: 181

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Year: 2002
Directed by: Gaspar Noe
Starring: Monica Bellucci (Alex), Vincent Cassel (Marcus), Albert Dupontel (Pierre), Jo Prestia (Tenia), Philippe Nahon (The Butcher), Gaspar Noe (Guy jerking off at The Rectum)
Country: France, European Cinema
Language: French (English subs)
Runtime: 01:33:28
Genres: Rape-Sexual-Violence against Women, Revenge, Violence against Men, Gay, Racism

Plot – Spoilers:
Irreversible is one of the most controversial rape movies ever made due to its almost 10-minute-long single shot rape scene. It’s also a tale of revenge told in reverse – we start at the end (including credits) and move through segments narrated in reverse chronological order.

Alex is a young woman in a fairly happy relationship with Marcus. They’re headed out to a party with Alex’s ex, Pierre, tagging along. Pierre is a cerebral kind of dick who hasn’t gotten over Alex and is obsessed with his inability to get her to cum when they were together. Marcus is indulgent to Pierre but a bit of a fool especially when the drugs take over. Sitting between these two is Alex, who is a regular, kindly and social woman on the threshold of motherhood.

After Marcus and Pierre ruin her mood at a party, Alex decides to head home alone and takes a lonely underpass where she is anally raped and beaten brutally by a gay pimp. Marcus who is already high, goes hysterical and rabidly heads out looking for revenge, lugging a reluctant Pierre along.

The choice to narrate Irreversible in reverse was partly to help secure funding following the success of Memento. But it’s also an interesting option. If you started with Alex learning of her pregnancy and moved to her rape and the subsequent revenge (even though they got the wrong guy 🙂 ), it’s something we are used to – things getting fucked up. But doing it in reverse makes you unravel and understand better the person that has just been brutalized.

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why
why
July 31, 2023 4:12 pm

I started to get a slight boner during the rape scene, but my wife was right beside me watching together, so I distracted myself and successfully diffused the boner before she noticed and probably gonna question me. but why did I get aroused? I felt bad

Steve
Steve
July 31, 2023 1:40 pm

If only Monica was a little boy in that rape scene,i wouldve came harder

not muffles
not muffles
Reply to  Steve
August 6, 2023 5:46 pm

Fuck off edgelord

gorelover443
gorelover443
July 26, 2023 3:40 pm

What’s with people with a kink for ass fuck. Gross.

gorelover443
gorelover443
July 26, 2023 2:52 pm

Sebian Film did just fine without camera flailing.

david1806
david1806
July 14, 2023 4:09 am

I saw this when it came out – and I feel the same now……powerful stuff. That rape scene, I really struggle to watch it. It just goes on and on and on, but that is point obviously. And when he starts booting her head in and and smashing it on the concrete floor, I can hardly watch.
And you know what? I am glad I find it hard to watch – means I am a normal human being.

Chu
Chu
June 19, 2023 4:38 am

most slurrpy R scene ever. yum

Sadguru
Sadguru
May 9, 2023 10:23 pm

I masturbated while watching that 10 mins of real pleasure.

Chu
Chu
Reply to  Sadguru
June 19, 2023 4:40 am

I rewatched it again and again

UnidentifiedCatholic
UnidentifiedCatholic
Reply to  Sadguru
July 21, 2023 4:23 am

You people need Jesus, man.

Ana
Ana
March 28, 2023 2:14 pm

I like how the whole movie is in reverse. from end to beginning. i totally get it now

J
J
January 14, 2023 3:27 am

Off to the rectum!

Steve
Steve
Reply to  J
January 14, 2023 5:13 am

Pre-teen rectum?

Ana
Ana
Reply to  J
March 28, 2023 2:53 pm

that part was hilarious

fred fat
fred fat
Reply to  J
May 7, 2023 7:15 pm

lets go up the rectum

Edna
Edna
January 12, 2023 10:16 pm

My son Steve used to rape me like this……..bbbbut now he’s only interested in the neighbours kids bahaaaaa

UnidentifiedCatholic
UnidentifiedCatholic
Reply to  Edna
July 21, 2023 4:24 am

What?

Chikka
Chikka
January 10, 2023 12:59 am

The last 30 minutes is such a pain to watch… Also her complete lack of survival instinct is really off-putting, just laying there like a dead fish acceping her fate.

UnidentifiedCatholic
UnidentifiedCatholic
Reply to  Chikka
July 21, 2023 4:26 am

It’s safe to say that after having been beaten that badly, you’d have a hard time really putting your faculties in order and your instinct for survival would begin to dissipate with your consciousness.

Shane Morris
Shane Morris
January 5, 2023 9:17 am

Never been able to get through this because some fucking prick can’t manage to keep a camera still,you can’t see fuck all from the strobe light effects or just sheer poor lighting in other shots,make it impossible to watch or concentration,the only thing disturbing thing about it is how fucking boring & overrated it is,just the same as all Gaspar Noe films,can’t believe I kept checking into them all hoping to see what everyone says is genius,this guy blows,so do his shit movies

UnidentifiedCatholic
UnidentifiedCatholic
Reply to  Shane Morris
July 21, 2023 4:27 am

This comment made me laugh out loud, man. Noè intended for the camera work to be that way. It adds to the nauseating pace of the film.

too
too
January 5, 2023 5:00 am

love the R scene … just beautiful

UnidentifiedCatholic
UnidentifiedCatholic
Reply to  too
July 21, 2023 4:28 am

It’s without a doubt one of the most intense scenes in Cinema. Beautiful? I suppose in a sadistic sort of way.

weil
weil
December 13, 2022 4:44 am

Great film, because it has great actors. Horror isn’t about just throwing gore around.

Selina Kyle
Selina Kyle
November 30, 2022 3:02 pm

I love this movie and I am huge fan of Monica Bellucci!

Fucker
Fucker
Reply to  Selina Kyle
January 5, 2023 8:28 am

Yea you love getting her fucked from behind you sick bastard

V
V
September 27, 2022 7:05 am

head scene was quite intense while stoned back in the day and the Barry Lyndon-esque denouement seems to sum everything in a nice neat nihilistic bow – enjoyed the erotic simulated abuse, but would have preferred Bellucci had agreed to do his porn idea instead…oh well, you take what you can get

UnidentifiedCatholic
UnidentifiedCatholic
Reply to  V
July 21, 2023 4:30 am

Lol. This movie went far enough in the direction that it aimed to go. A bit gratuitously if I can be enough of a pretentious fuck-tard to suggest.

Gay sex the nigger w
Gay sex the nigger w
September 27, 2022 6:01 am

This movie is incredible and incredibly effed up!, I’ve seen so many films on this site (including Serbian Film and it’s pretty overrated) but this is something new the rape scene was brutal this entire film is a effed up art piece and despite it only having 3 effed up scenes, it stings like hell!.

UnidentifiedCatholic
UnidentifiedCatholic
Reply to  Gay sex the nigger w
July 21, 2023 4:31 am

“Time destroys everything”

Guts and Halide
Guts and Halide
July 24, 2022 2:26 pm

Doing an analysis of this movie so I’m rewatching it being more careful to little details
For those who want to know, Pierre hits Le Ténia 23 TIMES in the face with the fire extinguisher

UnidentifiedCatholic
UnidentifiedCatholic
Reply to  Guts and Halide
July 21, 2023 4:32 am

Pretty hardcore.
Did you happen to notice anything else about the film that caught your attention?

peepee man
peepee man
June 5, 2022 5:43 am

for fuck’s sake, this camera work made me fuckin nauseous

mars.all
mars.all
May 14, 2022 9:55 am

i wish i wer dat guy wit monica she deserve it anywa 4 dressin like dat stuped bich

Gross
Gross
Reply to  mars.all
May 15, 2022 12:43 am

I bet money you’re an incel that women find repellent and is short and ugly af

A man
A man
Reply to  Gross
May 15, 2022 2:40 am

shush, stop using degenerate words you get from the internet. I know that you are unloved. Now go back to your wage slave life.

Aj
Aj
Reply to  A man
April 3, 2023 12:06 am

You’re not allowed 100 metres near children you faggot

NIK
NIK
May 11, 2022 12:21 pm

Only good about this movie was the famous rape scene with Belluchii everything else was boring the story was a drag

UltraAlphaMale
UltraAlphaMale
March 28, 2022 1:05 pm

This movie perfectly establishes the reality of male dominance and its perpetuance. Women deserve to be raped and beaten if they refuse a man’s advances for they are the lesser species built by the Lord Jesus Christ for entertainment and reproduction, nothing more. Also great fapping material. 10/10.

Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge
Reply to  UltraAlphaMale
March 29, 2022 4:42 pm

I’m sure your mother have fond memories of when she was raped by the retard you call daddy

A man
A man
Reply to  Butch Coolidge
March 29, 2022 6:20 pm

stfu z generation degenerated shit

Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge
Reply to  A man
March 29, 2022 6:51 pm

Shut up, woman!!!

MrJenkins
MrJenkins
Reply to  Butch Coolidge
March 29, 2022 8:20 pm

u make no sense on this site so stfu u cuntfaced faggot

I.Dominate.Men
I.Dominate.Men
Reply to  MrJenkins
March 29, 2022 10:34 pm

Who tf says cunt lmao what are u British? If so that itself is an insult

Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge
Reply to  MrJenkins
March 30, 2022 9:28 am

Go to school and suck my balls

MrJenkins
MrJenkins
Reply to  Butch Coolidge
March 31, 2022 5:34 am

sure, grow some first

Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge
Reply to  MrJenkins
April 6, 2022 2:27 pm

F
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MrJenkins
MrJenkins
Reply to  Butch Coolidge
April 6, 2022 3:02 pm

Hahahahahaha

shadow
shadow
Reply to  UltraAlphaMale
March 29, 2022 9:10 pm

Okay so other than this being the most disgusting and bigoted thing that I have ever read, I find your mention of Jesus quite funny. You are out here backing up your (repulsive) position with religion. But anybody with even an ounce of knowledge about the Abrahamic religions knows that the female sex was created in the Garden of Eden during the “creation of the world”.

If you’re gonna be a piece of shit in a public forum, at least do it with the correct information. Especially if you’re quoting religious bullshit. In general though, maybe stop being a closed minded asshole who is openly making the world a more disgusting and unsafe place.

A man
A man
Reply to  shadow
March 30, 2022 2:54 pm

you come from a colonial empire stfu

Lon nol
Lon nol
Reply to  A man
March 30, 2022 10:58 pm

So the natives should have fought harder.

shadow
shadow
Reply to  A man
March 31, 2022 9:19 pm

aww are you insecure that someone is smarter than you. wicked cute

KussyKlapper13
KussyKlapper13
Reply to  UltraAlphaMale
April 1, 2022 1:25 am

Larp as fuck

blyat
blyat
Reply to  UltraAlphaMale
April 1, 2022 4:07 am

When was the last time you set foot outside your basement?

Yikes
Yikes
Reply to  UltraAlphaMale
May 15, 2022 12:40 am

Certified ugly incel.

Aj
Aj
Reply to  UltraAlphaMale
April 3, 2023 12:04 am

I bet you never touched a woman anyway you faggot

UnidentifiedCatholic
UnidentifiedCatholic
Reply to  UltraAlphaMale
July 21, 2023 4:33 am

This has to be a troll.

not muffles
not muffles
Reply to  UnidentifiedCatholic
July 23, 2023 8:29 am

No shit, and judging from the replies left by these marks above you, I’d say he did what he set out to do.

gwagon
gwagon
March 23, 2022 7:06 am

felt like i unlocked an achievement after getting through the infamous scene, but thought my brain was about to start bleeding out right after.
structure’s used brilliantly in this, did not expect much considering subsequent noé works weren’t that great for me but wow this one hits.

I poop on your face
I poop on your face
March 9, 2022 10:05 pm

Real boring movie. The best part was when the dude smashed the snowflakes face in at the beginning. The rape scene was done good too but like I said. The movie was boring as hell.

The Eye of Art
The Eye of Art
January 4, 2022 7:05 pm

A rated concept film with terminal stage parkinson’s cameraman. Those with severe motion sickness can skip this film you won’t last.

Zed Man
Zed Man
January 1, 2022 5:31 pm

10/10 Loved the movie, especially the rape scene ????????????

Chu
Chu
Reply to  Zed Man
June 19, 2023 4:39 am

yes it was beautiful. loved it too.

Anybody
Anybody
January 1, 2022 5:39 am

Good movie but insanely overrated in terms of “one of the most disturbing movies of all time”. Gimme a break. A guy gets his arm bent backwards and his face smashed in with a fire extinguisher and a woman is raped. You see women get raped on Lifetime, MTV, fuckin’ Freeform. I don’t wanna hear this mentioned on any “most disturbing list” ever again.

fred fat
fred fat
Reply to  Anybody
January 1, 2022 9:41 pm

had to laugh at your nonchalant description of events in the film yet still maintaining your view – also a good pun – dont know whether it was intentional – probably not

Alex Hogendorp
Alex Hogendorp
October 31, 2021 11:13 pm

This is my second time viewing this and damn this movie is more disturbing and fucked up then I remembered it 2 years ago. Brilliant Masterpiece.

Zed Man
Zed Man
October 27, 2021 9:11 am

Meh, too try hard, yes there were some nasty scenes but overall it was too dark and confusing. But, worth a look just for Monica Bellucci alone, she is delicious.

Sid
Sid
Reply to  Zed Man
January 19, 2022 4:33 pm

The only thing that’s try hard is your yearn to be edgy, fuckface.

Shane Morris
Shane Morris
Reply to  Sid
January 5, 2023 9:24 am

Hey did you really kill Nancy? Don’t blame you to be fair,what a mouthy fuckin cunt

Kaytee
Kaytee
October 9, 2021 4:11 am

I watched this crazy stoned and I should’ve watched it in the correct chronological order coz I was getting super confused during the beginning. Watch the scenes in reverse. The r@p3 scene was pretty hot

Ew
Ew
Reply to  Kaytee
October 16, 2021 5:51 pm

You’re one sick fuck my dude

Aspectator
Aspectator
Reply to  Ew
January 1, 2022 5:23 pm

Not siding with the sick fuck, but we ARE on EffedUpMovies. What did you expect?

Vampire Cat
Vampire Cat
Reply to  Kaytee
April 8, 2022 10:07 pm

whattya mean watch in reverse? it’s irreversible! ????

Bartel
Bartel
Reply to  Vampire Cat
April 9, 2022 12:12 am

That pun made my day. Thanks! 😀

Nosh
Nosh
July 31, 2021 7:53 pm

A film about the utterly tragic hopelessness of toxic masculinity, the objectification of women, and the overarching patriarchy that no one asked for or needs to watch.

Luther Blisset
Luther Blisset
Reply to  Nosh
October 31, 2021 12:58 am

How many buzzwords can you fit into one sentence?

DJ Jackson
DJ Jackson
Reply to  Nosh
October 31, 2021 1:31 pm

I got your “toxic masculinity” right here, sister *pats inner thigh*

And it rules you.

Flotsam
Flotsam
Reply to  Nosh
November 30, 2021 9:32 am

Oh stfu u indoctrinated smuck

KussyKlapper13
KussyKlapper13
Reply to  Nosh
April 1, 2022 1:26 am

stfu fatass

Sir Sitsalot
Sir Sitsalot
Reply to  Nosh
April 8, 2022 3:38 pm

A comment about the utterly tragic hopelessness of pseudo-intellectualism, the objectification of posers, and the overarching pretentiousness that no one asked for.

V
V
Reply to  Nosh
September 27, 2022 6:52 am

A film about getting enough attention/money to make Enter the Void:

“Despite it being perhaps his most notable film, Noé revealed that “Irreversible is almost an accident.” After doing I Stand Alone, he wanted to do Enter the Void, but he needed more money before he pursued his costly passion project and wrote a treatment for Danger, the story that would eventually become Love.” from IndieWire

That ‘said’, it can be about whatever the fuck you want in your head

soph
soph
May 8, 2021 4:29 am

This was a bit difficult to sit through, not because of the rape but because it was so slow. If you’re looking for a very shocking and fucked up film this one doesn’t really fit that description, though it is still disturbing in quite a few ways. that said, I loved this, it’s definitely worth the watch.

Antinatalpist
Antinatalpist
April 25, 2021 7:20 am

Hey Honey.. looking forward to going out.. I Think I’ll wear my new nipple dress.

Wolf
Wolf
April 3, 2021 7:53 am

Im wondering if I Stand Alone and Irreversible are connected ? Im sorry if this has already been said, but the guy in the beginning that slept with his daughter is the same character from I Stand Alone. They are both by Gasper Noe, too.

Babet
Babet
Reply to  Wolf
April 3, 2021 6:17 pm

Tangentially. I think the order is Carne, I stand alone then the first(Last) scene in Irreversible

Gggy
Gggy
March 31, 2021 5:40 pm

I like reality of the film

ShitLord
ShitLord
March 22, 2021 11:50 am

God damn that fire extinguisher scene was hard to watch. I take that back the entire movie was hard to watch thats why I come here ?

Zach
Zach
September 19, 2020 9:16 am

The last 40 minutes is very hard to sit through, and not because its too intense, just because its stuff thats not needed for the story, yet the movie wouldnt work unless they had that stuff. It just makes for a bloated project.

Horizen
Horizen
Reply to  Zach
October 3, 2020 12:57 am

Without it it would just be another gore movie.. The last part helps us understand and know the person who was killed and how much that actually was lost in the killing. Lol, not needed for the story.. Without it there would be no story worth telling! I know this is fupmovies, but that doesn’t mean it all has to be braindead gore without substance. It’s not a deep movie, if the meaning is lost on you I’m not sure there are many movies you will be able to folllow

Mr x
Mr x
June 10, 2020 7:43 pm

To be honest this is one of the most boring films i have ever seen, the camera work is shit the whole film, the Dialogue was so fucking boring!!! if your watching this for the rape scene ( only watch that part ) the rest of the film is total garbage and a waste of a hour and 30 mins of my life i will never get back

Laura
Laura
Reply to  Mr x
October 24, 2020 2:21 pm

Agreed, the movie is nowhere near as shocking as it tries to be. What they try to pull off as a plot twist is just… not working, and I say this as a woman

rawzilk
rawzilk
Reply to  Laura
December 19, 2020 12:19 pm

Gaspar doesn’t try to be shocking, ever. He’s not just some edgy director, he likes exposing the animalistic side of mankind (which I think he does well).

V
V
Reply to  rawzilk
September 27, 2022 7:10 am

bullshit – this film was obviously designed to be assaultive to the senses (i.e., shocking) right up to the last shot, and why does have to be anything else?

thomas
thomas
Reply to  Laura
May 1, 2022 5:49 pm

No serious filmmaker shocks for the sake of being shocking. The result of that would inevitably be schlock. Forcing a long look at something so uncomfortable and unpleasant is not done to shock the audience here.

I’ve always thought of this film as a longform expansion of Kirkegaard’s assertion that life can only be understood backwards but must be lived forwards.

deez nuts
deez nuts
Reply to  Mr x
March 3, 2021 1:38 am

no stupid opinion you are wrong big dumb dumb small brain i disagree and my opinion is right this movie is very nice you just wouldnt get it

Luther Blisset
Luther Blisset
Reply to  Mr x
October 31, 2021 12:41 am

Started watching, doubt I can finish it, the camerawork makes me uncomfortable and i’m only 10 minutes in, …

Guts and Halide
Guts and Halide
Reply to  Luther Blisset
August 15, 2022 5:06 pm

And that’s exactly what it’s made for

NIK
NIK
Reply to  Mr x
May 11, 2022 12:23 pm

I agree the movie was bad it’s kind of famous because of the rape scene….

Mancada
Mancada
May 16, 2020 2:34 am

Pretty nice movie! Thx u!

Sneaky-Rat
Sneaky-Rat
May 4, 2020 3:30 am

Jesus Christ, this movie is hard to get through.

James
James
Reply to  Sneaky-Rat
July 8, 2020 9:03 pm

I love this movie and feel like it has a lot of originality.

Iloikta Wakov
Iloikta Wakov
Reply to  James
August 8, 2022 1:19 am

Woman gets raped and her loved one takes revenge… there’s like a million movies of that. The only special feature of this film is that it was arranged in a reversed order. Re-arrange it, and it’s just another bland story.

Guts and Halide
Guts and Halide
Reply to  Iloikta Wakov
August 15, 2022 5:04 pm

The story isn’t all of the movie. As you said, it’s arranged backwards, wich already makes it different because it doesn’t trigger the same emotions at the same points. But what makes this movie special and what makes Gaspar Noé who he is is this gut wrenching direction. the vertigo, the confusion, the sickness… This movie is interesting for how it plays with both your emotions and senses

Gay sex the nigger w
Gay sex the nigger w
Reply to  Iloikta Wakov
September 27, 2022 6:03 am

You don’t understand how incredible this film is, most movies I could give a shit less if someone gets raped! Rape scenes are usually added for shock value. But this film is a whole different vibe.

Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Reply to  Sneaky-Rat
April 1, 2022 2:26 am

Tell me about it.

Ajmal khan
Ajmal khan
March 31, 2020 9:50 pm

Nice and beautiful movie

Winter Gilman
Winter Gilman
March 29, 2020 4:12 am

This movie is brilliant!!!