X: Night of Vengeance

2011

X: Night of Vengeance

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Movie Info

Holly Rowe's retiring, kissing her callgirl life goodbye. She just has to get through her last night on the job. Shay Ryan's a teenage runaway, broke and alone. She just has to get through her first night as a hooker. Then fate throws them together on a job that goes horribly wrong and they're trapped on an out-of-control roller coaster ride, through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Art House & International, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Jon Hewitt
Written By:

Jon Hewitt, Belinda McClory
In Theaters:

Apr 8, 2011 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

Aug 29, 2011
Runtime:

99 minutes
Studio:

IFC

Cast

Viva Bianca
as Holly Rowe

Peter Docker

Eamon Farren

Hanna Mangan Lawrence
as Shay Ryan

Belinda McClory

Stephen Phillips

Critic Reviews for X: Night of Vengeance

All Critics (20) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (6)

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February 3, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Nigel Floyd
Time Out
Top Critic
A night to forget.

January 20, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Ahmed Peerbux
Little White Lies
Top Critic
Hewitt's pungent early scenes of Oz's underbelly have a certain crystal-meth intensity, but the buzz can't last, and the film starts to wilt.

January 19, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Xan Brooks
Guardian
Top Critic
Director John Hewitt gradually cranks up the tension in a violent thriller that unfolds against the lurid backdrop of big city prostitution.

February 1, 2018 | Full Review…

Sky Staff
Sky Cinema
A stylish but totally realistic view of the subject.

February 1, 2018 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Martin Unsworth
Starburst
X most certainly won't be for everyone, but I found myself enjoying every second of its slick, bordering on camp, nature. It's one of the most alive and confident genre titles to come out of this country in quite some time.

October 17, 2013 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Glenn Dunks
Onya Magazine
The seedy pic is long on raunchiness and short on credibility.

February 21, 2013 | Rating: C- | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The ensuing chase doesn't entirely hang together, with some twists more plausible than others, but the setting's scuzzy, febrile atmosphere adds to the tension and the two leads hold their own.

March 5, 2012 | Full Review…

Jason Best
Movie Talk
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February 3, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Empire Magazine
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February 3, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
this film seems to exist only to showcase tough women in various states of undress being tormented by vile men and then getting even.

February 3, 2012 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
As raw and tragic as X tries to be, it stumbles over its delusional awe of the dangerous underworld and its alluring perks ...

January 20, 2012 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Lisa Giles-Keddie
Real.com

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Audience Reviews for X: Night of Vengeance

Apr 22, 2014

Quite gritty portrayal of prostitution focusing on two women. One aged 30, who has had enough and is leaving and one a young runaway just starting out. A bit of violence and nudity, as you would expect, plus the usual betrayals and sleaziness of life on the streets. The cast are fine, but something about it didn't entirely work, at least in my opinion. Can't quite pinpoint what. Maybe the characters could have been a bit more fleshed out. Particularly for the younger girl.

Nicki M Super Reviewer
Apr 30, 2012

Jon Hewitt's latest is a sleazy rollercoaster ride through the seamier parts of Sydney. Two hookers, one high class, one street level, find themselves on the run after witnessing the murder of a client. The location filming is reminiscent of "The Sweet Smell Of Success" in it's effective capturing of a busy city late at night and Hewitt's regular cinematographer Mark Pugh again does great work. I think this guy is right up there with his compatriot Chris Doyle. Viva Bianca and the stunning Hanna Mangan-Lawrence are both excellent in the lead roles. The movie is too muddled to really work but if you like old school sleazy exploitation it'll kill ninety minutes.

The Movie W Super Reviewer