PLOT SUMMARY: When her brother-in-law breaks her trust, Miriam goes on a path of revenge.
Don't... Stop.
These words when used in a different context can change the meaning.
For Miriam, these words were used to beg to be let go and not be hurt. For Dylan, these words were an encouragement to keep going, to continue to attack Miriam because that is what she wants.
Violation is a bit hard to watch and some of it is because the scenes keep jumping between past and present and we can't exactly understand whether that particular instance took place before or after the "incident".
VIOLATION Movie Plot
The movie begins with a couple, Miriam and Caleb, taking a long drive to Greta and Dylan's place. Greta is Miriam's sister and the women bond over childhood stories.
But it becomes apparent that Miriam shares a better rapport with her brother-in-law Dylan who she apparently went to school with and shares some stories with him. When they arrive at a waterfall, they stand quietly and seem to be enjoying the moment together.
Later, the couples have a barbecue and then play in the lake.
The next day, however, Miriam discourages Greta and implies she could do better than Dylan. Greta obviously tells her to back off.
Miriam calls Dylan to another location to talk and he tells her Joe much he has been thinking of her, intimately of course.
Miriam wants him to reiterate all the events on the night by the firepit. Dylan goes into detail about how much they both needed to be with each other and how when he made a move, Miriam told him "don't stop".
Miriam simply asks if that is what she truly said.
All this time, she's stripping Dylan and putting a blindfold on him and then tying his hands together. Dylan thinks she's being kinky until Miriam strikes him on the head.
Events jump all around again and Greta tells Miriam how she didn't really stick up for her when they were younger and bluntly tells her sister that she did it so that she could feel better about herself rather than actually help her sister.
Miriam is disgusted her sister thinks that about her and goes away. She tries to get intimate with Caleb but he isn't interested at all.
Later we are shown what really happened by the firepit.
After Caleb and Greta went off to bed, Miriam and Dylan shared some memories. Miriam, probably feeling vulnerable because Caleb is becoming estranged, kisses Dylan and then apologizes. Dylan makes nothing of it and the two get drunk.
When Miriam awakens in the morning, she finds to her horror that Dylan is taking her without her will. She tells him "don't" and then "stop".
But Dylan continues to rape her.
Later, Miriam demands that Dylan tell the truth but he claims she wanted it as much as he did.
She makes a public scene about people lying all the time, still not being straightforward about what Dylan did to her. Greta and Caleb tell Miriam to back off and she storms off.
Back in the present, Miriam is taking the next step in her revenge plan but Dylan awakens and the two have a fight in which Miriam just about manages to get the upper hand by strangling Dylan.
VIOLATION Ending Explained with spoilers!
The next step in the plan is to bleed Dylan dry and then chop him into pieces.
Part of it is because of what Dylan did to her. Another part of her is still protective of her sister. She doesn't want Greta to be with a cheat, a liar, a rapist. In a way, even that is something for Miriam, to do something for her sister.
The scene jumps to the day Greta has called her whole family for a get-together and Dylan is nowhere to be found. She taunts Miriam for complicating things then makes half an apology.
Miriam's eyes tear up as she realizes what she must do. Or what she has already done.
The back and forth scenes made it hard to place this scene in the timeline before Dylan was killed or after.
The movie has a powerful message to give but suffers from a lack of clarity due to the back and forth scenes jumps.
Still a good movie to watch if you are willing to skip the scene where Miriam chops up Dylan and then spends minutes throwing up.
Scare scale: 3/5
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